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NH 97346 USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)

Photo #: NH 97346 USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
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Title: USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
Description: Steams with an honor guard of four destroyers, as a Change of Command ceremony takes place on her fight deck, 28 November 1962. Captain E.P. Kline relieved Captain G.C. Bullard as the carrier's Commanding Officer during the ceremony, which took place while she was operating in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. The destroyers, all units of Destroyer Squadron Nineteen, are (at left): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951); (alongside the carrier): USS Black (DD-666) and USS Dennis J. Buckley (DDR-808). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97346
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