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80-G-K-10001 USS Midway (CVB-42)

Photo #: 80-G-K-10001 USS Midway (CVB-42)
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Title: USS Midway (CVB-42)
Description: USS Midway (CVB-42) Noses through scattered sea ice in March 1946, during her Arctic experimental cruise. Photographed looking forward from the carrier's island, with SB2C Helldiver and F4U Corsair planes parked on her flight deck. A Gearing class destroyer is steaming past in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-10001
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