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).
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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