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Battleship Massachusetts laid up at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, United States, 3 Jan 1963; note AKA-88 Uvalde at right side of photo

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Caption     Battleship Massachusetts laid up at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, United States, 3 Jan 1963; note AKA-88 Uvalde at right side of photo ww2dbase
Date 3 Jan 1963
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 72672
 
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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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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 740 x 597 pixels



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1. Anonymous says:
15 May 2021 05:40:10 AM

This AKA was built by Thomas E. Langley and the Liberty ship ,s also were made at Willmington ,North Carolina by Thomas E. Langley also. He was to draw the planes and make some changes to the planes that had a missing beam that made the ship,s stay togather .

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