"NEVADA returning from Alaska, where she had provided fire support from May 11 to 18, 1943 for the capture of Attu. (Operation Landcrab) Photo shows then Nevada in company, heading for Norfolk Navy Yard for further work, which would include a big new SK air-search radar on a lattice topmast."
Those men are 12' tall. Some are standing outside the gunwale. Whoever added then should have done a better job.
ReplyDeleteNeat photo though.
As a US Marine veteran who knows the value of naval gunfire, it is an absolute travesty that the US Navy got rid of any and all battleships.
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