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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98250 USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) The cruiser's detached and capsized bow under tow toward Guam in June 1945. It had broken loose in a typhoon on 5 June. While under salvage, Pittsburgh's bow was humorously called "USS McKeesport" and "suburb of Pittsburgh". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 191KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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16 December 2002