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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98299

USS Boston (CA-69)


The heavy cruiser's forward 8"/55 triple turrets fire a six-gun salvo at enemy positions below the Demilitarized Zone in the Republic of Vietnam, during her 1969 deployment to the Western Pacific.
This photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 12 November 1969.

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

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23 January 2003