DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 90735
USS Guam (CB-2)
Halftone photo of the ship's superstructure as the flag is raised
for the first time during her commissioning ceremony, at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 September 1944.
Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam:
Her Story, 1944-1945".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 620 pixels
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