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Photo #: NH 48909
USS Pensacola (CL-24)
Actress Ethyl Merman, star of the stage hit "Girl Crazy",
presents a young goat (lower right) to the ship's crew, possibly
at about the time of Pensacola's commissioning in February
1930.
Accepting the gift is the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain
Alfred G. Howe, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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