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NH 97435 USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)

Photo #: NH 97435 USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)
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Title: USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)
Description: A flight of (F2H-2) Banshees streaks over the USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) in a photo taken by an accompanying destroyer of Task Force 77. The Essex-class carrier, recently arrived in the Far East, is in her first tour of Korean duty. Quoted from original caption released with this photograph by Commander Naval Forces Far East, under date of 18 July 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97435
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