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USS Atlanta (CL 51) Slides down the building ways, during launching
ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company shipyard,
Kearny, New Jersey, 6 September 1941.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-27284.
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Scene on the ship's fantail, during her commissioning ceremonies
at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 December 1941. Standing
in the foreground are (left to right):
Captain Samuel P. Jenkins, Commanding Officer;
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews;
Margaret Mitchell (Mrs. John R. Marsh), ship's Sponsor;
Captain Harold V. McKittrick; and
Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57451.
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As Completed. |
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Newly arrived in the South Pacific war zone. |
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Another view as completed, most likely on builders trials. |
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) underway, probably at the time of her trials,
circa November 1941.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57453.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) running trials off Rockland, Maine, 26 November
1941.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-27299-A.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) steaming at high speed, probably during
her trials, circa November 1941.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57455.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97806.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) Comes alongside USS
San Francisco (CA 38) to refuel, 16 October 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97807.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) - Backing down in a south Pacific harbor,
25 October 1942..
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-266844.
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Scott Dyben/National Archives |
