Caption | Piranha's launching ceremony, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 27 Oct 1943 ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-166753 | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 27 Oct 1943 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Kittery, Maine, United States | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. C. Peter Chen says:
9 Oct 2017 11:45:08 AM
Anonymous of 9 Oct 2017: Thank you, the caption has been corrected.
9 Oct 2017 11:45:08 AM
Anonymous of 9 Oct 2017: Thank you, the caption has been corrected.
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9 Oct 2017 11:34:05 AM
The launching was on 27 Oct, not 10 Oct. Check out the DANFS and http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08389.htm