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NH 97071 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)

Photo #: NH 97071 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
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Title: USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
Description: Signalmen bend on flags to halyard, in preparation for hoisting a signal, during the ship's first post-reactivation trials, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa September 1951. She was recommissioned on 25 September. Note fittings at left, used to prevent halyard chaffing. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97071
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