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Light cruiser USS Atlanta coming alongside heavy cruiser USS San Francisco for refueling, 16 Oct 1942. Note Atlanta's main forward batteries of three turrets of twin 5-inch/38 guns.

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Caption     Light cruiser USS Atlanta coming alongside heavy cruiser USS San Francisco for refueling, 16 Oct 1942. Note Atlanta's main forward batteries of three turrets of twin 5-inch/38 guns. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean
Date 16 Oct 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 97807
 
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Photos on Same Day 16 Oct 1942
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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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 2,838 x 2,234 pixels



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1. WILLIAM D. Chandler says:
20 Sep 2018 01:28:49 PM

I would like to get a photo, because my Dad served on USS Atlanta .

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