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NH 69776 USS KEARSARGE (CVS-33) decommissioning

USS KEARSARGE (CVS-33) decommissioning
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Title: USS KEARSARGE (CVS-33) decommissioning
Caption: Invocation being delivered by Lieutenant Commander Jack Peters, Chaplain Corps, USN, Naval Station Long Beach, California, 13 February 1970. Behind him (L to R) are Commander Daniel T. O'Donnel, USN, Assistant Adjutant and Commander John H. Brick, USN, Executive Officer and Adjutant. Decommissioning party on the dais, left to right: Captain Frederick W. Zigler, USN, Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, San Diego; Rear Admiral Norman C. Gillette, USN, Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Group Three; Rear Admiral William T. Rassieur, USN (Ret.), principal speaker and the second Commanding Officer of KEARSARGE; Captain Leonard M. Nearman, USN Commanding Officer of KEARSARGE; and Mr. C.E. (Gene) Gallman, representing the mayor of Long Beach City Council, Armed Services Commission.
Description: Courtesy of USS KEARSARGE, 1970.
Catalog #: NH 69776
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Fri, Feb 13, 1970
After this Year: 1970
Before this Year: 1979
Original Medium: BW Photo
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