Aerial view looking north at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, about 1943. Note the short-hull Essex-class carrier in Drydock No. 8 (foreground).

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Caption     Aerial view looking north at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, about 1943. Note the short-hull Essex-class carrier in Drydock No. 8 (foreground). ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Portsmouth, v, United States
Date  Mar 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
 
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1. D. Large says:
14 Oct 2022 10:37:08 PM

I don't think this is 1943. If you look closely at the Essex class carrier in dry dock, it seems to have a pole mast which wasn't available until the 1950's.

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