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NH 89404 USS Boston

Photo #: NH 89404 USS Boston
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Title: USS Boston
Description: (1887-1946) Tied up at Yerba Buena Island, while serving as receiving ship there, shortly before World War II. This ship was renamed Despatch on 9 August 1940 and designated IX-2 on 17 February 1941. Note the old destroyers at left, lightship at right and San Francisco Bay ferryboats in the distance. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1979. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 89404
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