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NH 55037 Salvage of USS California (BB-44)

Photo #: NH 55037 USS California (BB-44)
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Description: Preparing to lift the sunken battleship's basket mainmast, using a large floating crane, while she was under salvage at Pearl Harbor on 12 February 1942. Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN(Retired). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 55037
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