Photo #: 19-N-51998 USS Minneapolis (CA-36) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 August 1943, upon completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note: SK-1 search radar and gunfire directors mounted atop her foremast and bridge; large false windows painted on her pilothouse, part of a camouflage scheme intended to make her look like a destroyer; Sailors pushing a cart full of battle helmets in the lower left; railway boxcars on the pier alongside the ship; lighter YF-280 in the left distance and crane vessel YD-98 at right. Circles mark recent alterations. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 128KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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11 February 2002