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19-N-50812 USS Fletcher (DD-445)

Photo #: 19-N-50812 USS Fletcher (DD-445)
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Title: USS Fletcher (DD-445)
Description: At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 13 August 1943. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) is in the background. Note anchor chain, winch and Jack at Fletcher's bow; also crewmen on the foredeck smoking cigarettes and clowning for the benefit of the photographer. Circles mark recent alterations, among them the addition of 40mm twin mounts on each side of the forward and midships superstructure. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 19-N-50812
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