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Elizabeth Murphy, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Harry Murphy, and Rear Admiral L. S. Fiske at the recommissioning ceremony of USS Menhaden, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 9 Mar 1953	Battleship New Jersey entering into a Japanese port during her second Korean War tour, circa Apr-May 1953; note harbor defense nets

USS Tunny off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Apr 1953	USS Tunny underway, mid-1953

Alaska, Guam, North Carolina, Washington, Enterprise, Franklin, and other ships at Bayonne Naval Supply Depot, New Jersey, United States, 15 Apr 1953	Carrier La Fayette and other French warships off Nha Trang, Vietnam, 15-19 Apr 1953

Port bow view of USS Tunny, off US Territory of Hawaii, mid-1953	Starboard bow view of USS Tunny, off US Territory of Hawaii, mid-1953

USS Menhaden departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 4 May 1953, photo 1 of 2	USS Menhaden departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 4 May 1953, photo 2 of 2

Yorktown (Essex-class) after her modernization, Jul 1953	Crew of USS Segundo being inspected during change of command ceremony, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 6 Jul 1953

USS Saint Paul bombarding communist positions near Hungnam, South Hamgyong Province, Korea, 26 Jul 1953	USS Saint Paul firing the final US Navy salvo of the Korea War, off Wonsan, Korea, 27 Jul 1953

French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau moving to Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, United States for aircraft loading, Dec 1953; note New Jersey, Albany, and Casa Grande in background	USS Randolph at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, fall 1953. Note that the twin 5-inch gun turrets have been removed from the flight deck and also note F9F Cougar jet aircraft forward with wings folded.

Regulus missile aboard USS Tunny, off Point Mugu, California, United States, 3 Sep 1953	Lieutenant Commander J. O. House, Jr. relieving Commander W. P. Murphy as the commanding officer of USS Carbonero, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 30 Sep 1953

Lieutenant Commander George Kittredge being relieved by the new commanding officer of USS Sterlet, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Dec 1953	Submarine Tinosa after her deactivation overhaul and decommissioning at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1953.