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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97604

USS Salem (CA-139)


At anchor in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, on 19 May 1950, two days after she became flagship of the Sixth Fleet.
She is dressed with flags and flies the three-star flag of Commander, Sixth Fleet, from her foremast.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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14 May 2001