Photo #: NH 97644
USS Soley (DD-707)
Being reactivated at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina,
after she had been out of commission for nearly two years. Photo
is dated 29 January 1949, the day Soley was recommissioned.
The original caption states: "View with huts removed and
placed on dock in foreground. Large huts cover 40mm mounts, small
huts cover MK 51 directors and searchlights. Three 'Zippered'
DD's in the background are part of 129 ships in the Charleston
group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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