
Caption | Battleship USS South Dakota departing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for shakedown exercises, 4 Jun 1942. Note the OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from Observation Squadron VO-6 on the fantail. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 4 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 22 Feb 2014 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. 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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