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NH 48909 USS Pensacola (CL-24)

Photo #: NH 48909 USS Pensacola (CL-24)
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Title: USS Pensacola (CL-24)
Description: Actress Ethyl Merman, star of the stage hit Girl Crazy, presents a young goat (lower right) to the ship's crew, possibly at about the time of Pensacola's commissioning in February 1930. Accepting the gift is the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Alfred G. Howe, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 48909
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