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Lowering USS South Dakota's national ensign during the decommissioning ceremony, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 31 Jan 1947

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Caption     Lowering USS South Dakota's national ensign during the decommissioning ceremony, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 31 Jan 1947 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date 31 Jan 1947
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 73929
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
Official government photographs and documents are in the public domain and may be scanned and reproduced in print or online. They may be cropped or resized, but their content may not be altered.
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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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 5,752 x 4,624 pixels



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