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Battleship Iowa being prepared for launching, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, late Aug 1942

Caption   Battleship Iowa being prepared for launching, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, late Aug 1942 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via navsource.org
Identification Code   80-G-K-13507
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Photos on Same Day See all photos dated 26 Aug 1942
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 25 Apr 2012
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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