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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-6432 (Color)

Naval Operating Base, Adak, Alaska

View of an administration building, with the harbor beyond, circa summer 1944.
Camouflaged ship in the center of the harbor, beyond the flagpole, is USS Black Hawk (AD-9). USS Charleston (PG-51) is between the pier and the escort ship (DE), directly behind the flagpole. A "Liberty" ship and other auxiliary ships are also present.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 605 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

Note:
See Photo # 80-G-K-6432 (cropped) for an enlargement of part of this image, emphasizing USS Black Hawk.

 

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25 October 2004