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NH 97004 USS Bairoko (CVE-115)

Photo #: NH 97004  USS Bairoko (CVE-115)
Title: USS Bairoko (CVE-115)
Description: Everybody turns to when it's reactivation time. Here storekeeper striker D.W. Shore ... and Glenn Hobbs ... remove a dehumidifier from the hangar deck of USS Bairoko prior to its actual reactivation by San Francisco Naval Shipyard employees. Navy men like Seaman Hobbs and Storekeeper Shore were given the task of helping in reassembling the ship that would be theirs when the ship departed from San Francisco. Quoted caption was released with this photo circa August 1950. Bairoko recommissioned for Korean War service on 12 September 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97004
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