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NH 98252 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)

Photo #: NH 98252 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
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Title: USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
Description: Lifting the starboard anchor from the cruiser's detached and capsized bow, during salvage operations at Guam, circa June 1945. The bow had broken away from the ship in a typhoon on 5 June. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98252
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