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NH 98294 USS Boston (CAG-1)

Photo #: NH 98294 USS Boston (CAG-1)
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Title: USS Boston (CAG-1)
Description: Relieving on Station...USS Boston CAG-1, world's first guided missile cruiser relieving USS Albany in Augusta Bay, Sicily. The Boston has joined the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean as Flagship of a fast carrier strike group. (quoted from the original photo caption). Albany (CG-10) is tied up to Boston's starboard side. The photograph was received by All Hands magazine on 8 October 1965. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98294
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