DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 93166
Curtiss SOC scout observation floatplane
Taxies onto the recovery mat alongside USS Houston (CA-30),
to be picked up by the cruiser's aircraft crane, circa 1938.
USS Portland (CA-33) is in the distance, also recovering
a seaplane.
Courtesy of Otto Schwartz, 1982.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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