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NH 99528 USS Perkins

Photo #: NH 99528 USS Perkins
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Title: USS Perkins
Description: (DD-877) View looking forward from over her afterdeck, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization. Note the weight-shifting track installed for the inclining experiment and Perkins' after 5/38 twin gun mount, with gun barrels at near-vertical elevation. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 99528
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