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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 19-N-47208

USS Orca (AVP-49)


Being christened by Mrs. J. W. Reeves, Jr., during launching ceremonies on 4 October 1942.
The ship was built by the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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25 December 2001