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80-WP-975 "New Naval Vessels Now Building for Our Fleet"

Photo #: 80-WP-975 "New Naval Vessels Now Building for Our Fleet"
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Description: Photo #: 80-WP-975 New Naval Vessels Now Building for Our Fleet Poster from the What the Navy is Doing series, published by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, circa 1919. It depicts the Lexington (CC-1) class battle cruisers and South Dakota (BB-49) class battleships then planned or in early stages of construction. These twelve ships were cancelled under the naval limitations treaty of 1922. Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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