| Caption | Â Â Â | Battleship Alabama just after launch, Norfolk Naval Shipayrd, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 16 Feb 1942, photo 1 of 2 ww2dbase | ||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via navsource.org | ||||||
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| Photos in Series | Â | See all photos in this series | ||||||
| Photos on Same Day | Â | 16 Feb 1942 | ||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Portsmouth, Virginia, United States | ||||||
| Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 14 May 2013 | ||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Public Domain. Please support Paul Yarnall's effort with his navsource.org project. 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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| WW2-Era Place Name | Portsmouth, Virginia, United States |
| Lat/Long | 36.8113, -76.2995 |
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