DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 75601
USS Miami (CL-89)
Launching, at the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
8 December 1942.
Note anchors and chains hanging near the ship's bow, for use
in stopping her once she was afloat.
Courtesy of Mr. James Russell, 1972.
U.S. Naval Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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