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NH 97072 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)

Photo #: NH 97072 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
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Title: USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
Description: Crewmen swab down the top of the cruiser's number two eight-inch gun turret, in preparation for chipping and repainting. She is at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, during her initial post-reactivation trials, circa September 1951. She was recommissioned on 25 September. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97072
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