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Photo #: 80-G-706093 USS Missouri (BB-63) Sikorski HO3S-1 helicopter (Bureau # 122527) landing on the forward 16-inch gun turret, during the 1948 Midshipmen's cruise. Guard mail, ships' newspapers and personnel were exchanged via helicopter while the Midshipmen's cruise squadron was at sea. Most exchanges were made by "hovering pick-up". The forward turret was used as a landing platform since the floatplane catapults on the ship's fantail prevented helicopters from operating there. Photo was filed 13 September 1948. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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16 March 1999
