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NH 69774 USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)

Photo #: NH 69774 USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)
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Title: USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)
Description: Decommissioning party salutes the colors, as Kearsarge goes out of commission for the last time, at Long Beach, California, 13 February 1970. Those present are (from left to right): Captain Frederick W. Zigler, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility; Rear Admiral Norman C. Gillette, USN, Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Group Three; Rear Admiral William T. Rassieur, USN(Retired), former Commanding Officer of the ship; Captain Leonard M. Nearman, USN, ship's Commanding Officer; and Mr. C.E. (Gene) Gallman, representing the Mayor of Long Beach. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 69774
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