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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 97682
USS Astoria (CA-34)
Operating in Hawaiian waters during battle practice, 8 July 1942.
She appears to be recovering floatplanes from off her starboard
side. Note booms rigged below the forward superstructure to tow
aircraft recovery mats, and starboard crane swung out.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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