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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-4594 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63) With the green flag raised, the catapult crew launches a Vought OS2U floatplane, during the ship's shakedown cruise, circa August 1944. Note liferafts stowed by the catapult. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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9 February 1999