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19-N-51998 USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

Photo #: 19-N-51998 USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
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Title: USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
Description: At the Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 August 1943, upon completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note: SK-1 search radar and gunfire directors mounted atop her foremast and bridge; large false windows painted on her pilothouse, part of a camouflage scheme intended to make her look like a destroyer; Sailors pushing a cart full of battle helmets in the lower left; railway boxcars on the pier alongside the ship; lighter YF-280 in the left distance and crane vessel YD-98 at right. Circles mark recent alterations. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 19-N-51998
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