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NH 44723 USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55)

USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55)
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Title: USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55)
Caption: Dignitaries at the ship's commissioning ceremonies, New York Navy Yard, 9 April 1941. In front row are L-R: SECNAV Frank Knox, COM3 Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Governor J.M. Broughton of North Carolina, and Admiral Harold R. Stark, CNO. Behind them are L-R: Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, Mrs. James Forrestal, and Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia of New York.
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Catalog #: NH 44723
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Apr 09, 1941
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW photograph
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