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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 92578

USS Manchester (CL-83)

Sikorski HO3S helicopter, of squadron HU-1, lands on the cruiser's after deck after a gunfire spotting mission off the Korean coast, March 1953.
Note: Manchester's wooden decking with aircraft tie-down strips and hangar cover tracks; 6"/47 triple gun turrets; 5"/38 and 3"/50 twin gun mounts.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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6 December 1999