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| The battleships Nevada (background) and Arizona (foreground) being overhauled at the Norfolk Navy Yard, late 1929. Note Arizona’s new tripod masts that became so iconic in photos from the Pearl Harbor Attack. | Japanese passenger liner Asama Maru, Shanghai, China, circa late 1929 |
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| Crew and passengers of Do X aircraft, Thal, Switzerland, 21 Oct 1929, photo 1 of 2 | Crew and passengers of Do X aircraft, Thal, Switzerland, 21 Oct 1929, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Do X aircraft on Lake Constance, Altenrhein, Switzerland, 21 Oct 1929 | Passenger boats pulling up next to Do X aircraft on Lake Constance, Altenrhein, Switzerland, 21 Oct 1929 |
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| Passengers aboard Do X aircraft as it broke a world record of total passengers aboard, on Lake Constance on the border of Germany and Switzerland, 21 Oct 1929 | Flight line at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, Nov 1929. Hangar No. 1 is seen at left with Hangars 2, 3, and 4 beyond. |
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| USS S-39, possibly at Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, circa 1930 | 25,000-ton floating dry dock, Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930 |
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| A sailor in the engine room of USS S-44, date unknown | A sailor shaving aboard USS S-44, date unknown |
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| A ship under construction at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany, circa 1930 | A ship under construction at Vulcan/Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930 |
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| Aerial photo of the city wall of Nanjing, China, 1930 | Aerial view of Ford Island, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1930; seen in Oct 1965 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News |
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| Aoba after outfitted with catapult, circa 1930-1937 | Batteship Haruna, circa 1930 |
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| Battleship Colorado at sea off Hawaii, United States in the late 1920s or early 1930s; note two OL-6 aircraft on turret catapult and one UO or FU aircraft on stern catapult | Benito Mussolini at his desk, date unknown |
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