
Caption | Burke at the launching ceremony of cruiser Long Beach at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 15 Jul 1959 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
Identification Code | NH 51358 | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 15 Sep 2007 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. 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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