USS Astoria's bridge and surrounding area while undergoing overhaul work at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Jul 1941; note main and secondary battery gun directors atop battle lookout platform, quadruple machine gun mounting, siren on funnel, and Measure 1 camouflage

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Caption     USS Astoria's bridge and surrounding area while undergoing overhaul work at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Jul 1941; note main and secondary battery gun directors atop battle lookout platform, quadruple machine gun mounting, siren on funnel, and Measure 1 camouflage ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Vallejo, California, United States
Date 9 Jul 1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 96383
 
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Photos on Same Day 9 Jul 1941
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
Official government photographs and documents are in the public domain and may be scanned and reproduced in print or online. They may be cropped or resized, but their content may not be altered.
Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 4,496 x 5,688 pixels



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