Photo #: NH 97808
USS Northampton (CA-26)
Refueling from USS Cimarron (AO-22), during the Doolittle
Raid operation.
Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25).
The original photo caption states that this view was taken on
18 April 1942, the day the Doolittle Raid aircraft were launched
to attack targets in Japan.
Note that Northampton's forward smokestack had been reduced
in height by this time.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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