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NH 98047 USS Balao (AGSS-285)

Photo #: NH 98047 USS Balao (AGSS-285)
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Title: USS Balao (AGSS-285)
Description: Exercising with a Brazilian S2F anti-submarine airplane and H-34 (HSS-1) helicopter off Key West, Florida, 7 March 1961. The Brazilian helicopter is flying over the submarine in this view. Balao is a unit of Submarine Squadron Twelve, whose insignia is visible on her fairwater, directly over her hull number. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98047
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