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NH 96962 USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)

Photo #: NH 96962 USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)
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Title: USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)
Description: At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 5 January 1946. This view looks forward from alongside the ship's port side, showing her 26-foot motor whaleboat and 20mm gun platform by her after smokestack. Note floater nets (with attached water casks) and boxed supplies on deck just inboard from the whaleboat. Also empty racks for ready-service 40mm ammunition. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 96962
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