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NH 64487 Salvage of USS California (BB-44)

Photo #: NH 64487 USS California (BB-44) For a MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGE, click the thumbnail.
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Description: Removal of one of the sunken battleship's 14"/50 guns from turret # 3, circa early February 1942. View looks aft, with the ship's fantail aircraft crane in the left middle distance. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Naval History and Heritage Command Collection.
Catalog #: NH 64487
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