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Photo #: NH 98878 (complete caption)

USS Atlanta (CL-104)

Leaves Seattle, Washington, for a Naval Reserve training cruise to Alaska, 27 June 1948.
The original picture caption, released by 13th Naval District Public Information Office, Seattle 99, Washington, on 29 June 1948, reads:
"Fleet, hard hitting, modern light cruiser, USS Atlanta (CL-104) got underway from Navy Pier 91 at Seattle, June 27th, for a 14 day training cruise to Juneau Alaska, and return. Carrying over 300 Naval Reservists from all sections of the 13th Naval District on a training cruise designed to give new Reservists their 'sea legs' and veteran Reservists up-to-date practical instruction in the various phases of improved techniques and naval developments."
"Highlight of the training cruise will be the gunnery drills and exercises in all phases of life aboard a modern man-o-war. While in Juneau, the Reservists will be granted two days of 'liberty' and the Yankee souvenir instinct should be well sated by the variety of souvenirs available in the Alaskan northwest."

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

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8 October 2003