Photos Taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

92 items in this album on 5 pages.


USS S-44 off Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 11 Jun 1943	USS Cowpens at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Jun 1943	Launching of submarine Ling, William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Aug 1943	Mrs. E. J. Foy at the launching ceremony of submarine Ling, William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Aug 1943

Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2	Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2	Aerial view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944, photo 5 of 5	Port bow view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944

Starboard view of large cruiser Guam, Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Oct 1944	US Marine Corps photographer William Swisher's gear, including mascot 'Combat' of Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1945	US Marine Corps photographer William Swisher's gear, including mascot 'Combat' of Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1945	Scrapping of Marblehead in Dry Dock No. 4, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 Jan 1946

Lowering USS South Dakota's national ensign during the decommissioning ceremony, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 31 Jan 1947	Carrier Langley being reactivated at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, Jan 1951	Raising of the French flag aboard the ex-USS Langley upon being commissioned as the La Fayette in the French Navy, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, 2 Jun 1951	Aerial view of the Reserve Fleet Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 19 May 1955

One of the last photographs of the former USS Chester as she was towed out of the Philadelphia reserve fleet on her way to the breakers yard, 1959.	USS Huntington (left of photograph), USS Dayton (center), and USS South Dakota (right) laid up in reserve, Philadelpha Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 24 Aug 1961	Lieutenant General Lewis Puller shouting 'Marine!' at the US 1st Marine Division Reunion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Aug 1968	USS Shangri-La, USS Wisconsin, and USS Iowa at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States; seen in Oct 1978 issue of US Navy publication All Hands