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NH 50254 USS OVERTON (DD-239)

USS OVERTON (DD-239)
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Title: USS OVERTON (DD-239)
Caption: View taken circa 1941, in the North Atlantic, during a highline transfer of four newsmen (either G.H. Spilman; Thomas Morgan; Fletcher Pratt; or Joseph Driscoll) from USS WASP (CV-7) in the North Atlantic, late 1941. Note ship's number "239" under bridge, a World War I practice of marking. Also note 3"/50 gun, forward.
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Catalog #: NH 50254
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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