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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.

USS Manta at Key West, Florida, United States, 14 Dec 1953	Aft view of USS Ticonderoga, circa 1954

Arromanches at anchor in Tourane (now Da Nang) Bay, French Indochina, 1953-1954	Cruiser HMS Cumberland in 1954 in her final role as a trials platform for many different types of weapons systems as well as smaller pieces of equipment prior to their introduction into the Fleet. Location unknown.

Destroyer escort USS Tabberer in the mid-1950s during her second commissioning, Atlantic Ocean.	USS Bennington underway in the Atlantic with jet aircraft on deck, 1954 after her first modernization. Note the removal of the four 5-inch gun turrets and the addition of 40mm gun tubs, most notably on the bow.