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Photo # NH 52682:  HMAS Australia docking at New York City, 1932

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the AUSTRALIAN NAVY --

HMAS Australia (Heavy Cruiser, 1928-1955) --
Pre-World War II Close-up Views


This page features relatively close-up views, taken before World War II, of the Australian heavy cruiser Australia.

For other images of HMAS Australia, see:

  • HMAS Australia (Heavy Cruiser, 1928-1955).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 52681

    HMAS Australia
    (Australian Heavy Cruiser, 1928)

    Docking at New York City, in 1932.
    Note anchors.

    This photograph was provided by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York City, 1932.

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

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52682

    HMAS Australia
    (Australian Heavy Cruiser, 1928)

    Docking at New York City, in 1932.
    Note men in formation on her decks and her two forward eight-inch gun turrets.

    This photograph was provided by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York City, 1932.

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

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52678

    HMAS Australia
    (Australian Heavy Cruiser, 1928)

    View of the ship's starboard midships area, 1932.
    Note the platform holding two 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns, with a life raft stowed below and an "old-fashioned" anchor mounted on the platform stanchions, with folding anchor davit just above; men painting smokestacks; wire bracing for smokestacks; and the Rear Admiral's flag on the launch just aft of the gun platform.

    This photograph was provided by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York City, 1932.

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

    Online Image: 75KB; 480 x 765 pixels

     

    For other images of HMAS Australia, see:

  • HMAS Australia (Heavy Cruiser, 1928-1955).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 9 March 2002