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LC-Lot-10625-4: USS South Dakota (BB-57), October 27, 1945

LC-Lot-10625-4: USS South Dakota (BB-57), October 27, 1945. Navy Day. Flagship of the Third Fleet, was the first of the fleet to come home. She is shown at anchor inside San Francisco Bay, California. Donated by Mr. Thomas J. Watson from an recording America’s tribute to its victorious fleet in first peacetime Navy Day since the start of World War Two. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/07/17)
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Caption: USS South Dakota (BB-57), October 27, 1945. Navy Day. Flagship of the Third Fleet, was the first of the fleet to come home. She is shown at anchor inside San Francisco Bay, California. Donated by Mr. Thomas J. Watson from an recording America’s tribute to its victorious fleet in first peacetime Navy Day since the start of World War Two. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/07/17)
Accession #: LC-Lot-10625-4
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