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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 93145 USS Wichita (CA-45) Operating in the Atlantic Ocean, out of Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 May 1940. Note the markings on her turret tops (bars on the forward turrets, a circle on the after turret). These scheme was used on several other heavy cruisers in 1939-40. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 585 pixels

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25 February 2002