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| Caption | LtCdr Franklin Karns preparing to take command of the destroyer USS Bailey upon commissioning at the New York Navy Yard, 11 May 1942. Yard commandant RAdm Edward Marquart is at the microphone. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||||||||
| Date | 11 May 1942 | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource | ||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. Please support the navsource.org project and remember the dedication of its founder Paul Yarnall. 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". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Photo Size | 3,403 x 2,701 pixels | ||||||||
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