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| Admiral Burke at the commissioning of carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, United States, 18 Oct 1977 | Captain Grace Hopper in Washington DC, United States, 1978 |
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| Line drawing of the Mark 10 torpedo from the United States Navy’s publication “A Brief History of U.S. Navy Torpedo Development,” 1978. | USS Shangri-La, USS Wisconsin, and USS Iowa at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States; seen in Oct 1978 issue of US Navy publication All Hands |
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| Jimmy Carter and Giscard d'Estaing visited monument on Omaha Beach, Normandy, 5 Jan 1978 | The 200-ton Hammerhead Crane fixed to Berth B-12 at the Repair Basins of the Naval Operating Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 5 Jan 1978. This crane was in use from 1935 and removed in 1986. |
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| Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, General Daniel James, Jr., and US President Jimmy Carter, White House, Washington DC, United States, 26 Jan 1978 | LT-1970 towing USS Cassin Young through the Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts, United States, Jun 1978; Cassin Young was en route to Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States |
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| USS Shangri-La, USS Wisconsin, and USS Iowa at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 Jul 1978 | Erich Honecker, Leonid Brezhnev, and Vasily Chuikov at East German's 30th anniversary parade, Berlin, 7 Oct 1979 |
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| Portrait of Chen Lifu, date unknown | Tugboat Saco guiding USS Proteus into Naval Base Guam, 24 May 1980 |
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| Portrait of Matthew Urban, 19 Jul 1980; note Medal of Honor | USS Saratoga (foreground) arriving at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Oct 1980; note USS Shangri-La (background); seen in Feb 1981 edition of US Navy publication All Hands |
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| Boston Towing tugboat Mars towing USS Cassin Young from Dry Dock 1 of Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, May 1981 | USS Cassin Young being dedicated as a memorial ship, Pier 1 East, Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 27 Jun 1981 |
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| Stern view of battleship New Jersey in drydock while undergoing refitting for reactivation, Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, United States, 5 Feb 1982 | Inactivated US Navy battleships Iowa and Wisconsin docked at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 26 Feb 1982 |
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| Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sinking after being torpedoed by HMS Conqueror, off Falkland Islands, 2 May 1982 | Mrs. Nancy Reagan laying flowers at the Omaha Beach Memorial Cemetery, Normandy, France, 11 Jun 1982 |
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