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NH 84009 Salvage of USS California (BB-44)

Photo #: NH 84009 Salvage of USS California (BB-44), 1942
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Description: View from off the ship's port quarter, 4 April 1942, during refloating operations. Note the large wooden cofferdam erected around her quarterdeck. The island of USS Enterprise (CV-6) is visible in the left distance. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The Honorable James V. Forrestal. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Historical Center.
Catalog #: NH 84009
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