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NH 64485 Salvage of USS Nevada (BB-36)

Photo #: NH 64485 Salvage of USS Nevada (BB-36), 1941-42
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Description: Window frame patch being fabricated in the Shipfitter Shop at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in early January 1942. It was used to temporarily seal a bomb hole in Nevada port bow while she was under salvage. Nevada had sunk in Pearl Harbor as a result of bomb and torpedo damage received in the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 64485
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