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80-G-K-15826 USS Mobile (CL-63)

Photo #: 80-G-K-15826 USS Mobile (CL-63)
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Title: USS Mobile (CL-63)
Description: USS Mobile (CL-63) Preparing to launch a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane from her port catapult, during the October 1943 raid on Marcus Island. Note the 40mm twin gun mount in the foreground, with a man in the gun tub holding a red flag. Photographed by Photographer's Mate Alphonso Ianelli. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-15826
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