Photo #: 80-G-215563 USS Asheville (PF-1) Underway in the Atlantic, east of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay (position 36 24'N, 75 22'W) on 15 February 1944. She is steaming northwards (course 085). Photographed from a blimp based at Naval Air Station, Weeksville, North Carolina. The airship was flying at an altitude of 150 feet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 100 KB; 900 x 730pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image posted 8 October 2010