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NH 70072 USS IOWA (BB-61) commissioning

USS IOWA (BB-61) commissioning
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Title: USS IOWA (BB-61) commissioning
Caption: Guests at the commissioning ceremonies salute the colors as the national ensign is hoisted at the main for the first time, 22 February 1943, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. From left to right: Captain Lyman S. Perry, USN; Captain F.E. Beatty, USN, Aide to the Secretary of the Navy; Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy; Rear Admiral E. J. Marquart, USN, Commandant, Third Naval District and the New York Navy Yard; and Governor Burton B. Hickenlooper of Iowa.
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Catalog #: NH 70072
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Mon, Feb 22, 1943
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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