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80-G-K-15989 USS HORNET (CV-12)

USS HORNET (CV-12)
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Title: USS HORNET (CV-12)
Caption: Flight deck crewmen relax by the after 5-inch/38 caliber twin gun mount, circa spring 1945. HORNET was then in the western Pacific. Note "kill" markings on the gun mount's face (left) and camouflage pattern (part of her Measure 33, Design 3a scheme).
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Catalog #: 80-G-K-15989
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: Color Photo
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