Photos Taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

86 items in this album on 5 pages.


Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2	Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2

Aerial view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944, photo 5 of 5	Port bow view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944

Starboard view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944	US Marine Corps photographer William Swisher's gear, including mascot 'Combat' of Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1945

US Marine Corps photographer William Swisher's gear, including mascot 'Combat' of Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1945	Scrapping of Marblehead in Dry Dock No. 4, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 Jan 1946

Carrier Langley being reactivated at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, Jan 1951	Raising of the French flag aboard the ex-USS Langley upon being commissioned as the La Fayette in the French Navy, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, 2 Jun 1951

Aerial view of the Reserve Fleet Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 19 May 1955	One of the last photographs of the former USS Chester as she was towed out of the Philadelphia reserve fleet on her way to the breakers yard, 1959.

Lieutenant General Lewis Puller shouting 'Marine!' at the US 1st Marine Division Reunion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Aug 1968	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

USS Shangri-La, USS Wisconsin, and USS Iowa at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 Jul 1978	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

Inactivated US Navy battleships Iowa and Wisconsin docked at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 26 Feb 1982	Aft torpedo room of museum ship Becuna, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 22 Oct 2011

Bow section of museum ship Becuna, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 22 Oct 2011	Close-up of the front of the conning tower of museum ship Becuna, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 22 Oct 2011