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NH 72970 USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7)

USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7)
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Title: USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7)
Caption: Dignitaries at the launch ceremony, 13 December 1969. At National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California. From left to right: Mr. Walter Hahn (San Diego City Manager), The Honorable Ronald R. James (Mayor of San Jose, Calif.), Mrs. Robert Ellis III (The sponsor's proxy), Miss Becky Banks (Maid of Honor), Mr. John V. Banks (Nassco Executive Vice President), Rear Admiral Walter V. Combs, USN (COMSERVPAC), Vice Admiral John V. Smith, USN (COMSERVPAC), Rear Admiral N. Frankenberger, USN (Commander San Francisco Naval Shipyards), Captain Henry A. Gerdes, ISN (Supervisor of Shipbuilding conversion and repair, USN, 11 Naval District, San Diego), Captain Henry T. Lavin, CHC USN (Senior Chaplin, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado).
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Catalog #: NH 72970
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sat, Dec 13, 1969
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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