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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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