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19-N-47118 USS Houston (CL-81)

Photo #: 19-N-47118 USS Houston (CL-81)
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Title: USS Houston (CL-81)
Description: Ship's Sponsor, Mrs. Claude B. Hamill, prepares to christen Houston during launching ceremonies at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 19 June 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 19-N-47118
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