Photo #: NH 98298
USS Boston (CAG-1)
"Providing ammunition to keep the big guns of the heavy
cruiser USS Boston on the line is almost a daily task
for the fast combat support ships like USS Sacramento.
The Seventh Fleet cruiser keeps a vigil close offshore, to provide
heavy gunfire in support of Marine operations inland. When not
assisting the Marines with her eight and five-inch guns, Boston
patrols on Sea Dragon destroying military targets along the coast
of North Vietnam." (quoted from the original photo caption).
Photographed by Chief Journalist Robert D. Moeser, USN. Photo
is dated 25 June 1967.
This image, taken from above Boston's port bow, shows
her forward triple 8"/55 gun turrets, with eight-inch powder
tanks and projectiles on deck nearby. Sacramento (AOE-1)
is steaming alongside.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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