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128k | Sea trials prior to commissioning. Note the builder's flag flying form the main mast. | David Buell | |
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33k | As completed. | USN | |
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117k | As completed. | USN | |
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Captain's inspection on the cruiser's after deck, 1946. Note catapult training gear in the foreground, and ship's after triple 8"/55 gun turret. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 99075 |
Bill Gonyo | |
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Underway approximately ten miles northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts,
on 17 June 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-262557. |
Bill Gonyo | |
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USS Oregon City (CA 122) Underway approximately ten miles northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 17 June 1946. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-262557. |
National Archives | |
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USS Oregon City (CA 122) Laid up as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, 1959. The original photograph is dated 8 September 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 99073. |
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275k | Oregon City (left) and Macon (right) during the winter of 1972 or the very early spring of 1973 at the Philadelphia Naval ship yard. | Jim Cunliffe | |
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302k | Macon (left) and Oregon City (right) during the winter of 1972 or the very early spring of 1973 at the Philadelphia Naval ship yard. | Jim Cunliffe | |
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| Culver, Burnett Kent., CAPT | 02/16/46 - | |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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