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| Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3; note destroyer Preston in background | Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3; note destroyers Preston, Conyngham, Caldwell, and Walke in background | Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3; note destroyer Preston in background | Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 (taken at 1510 hours) |
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| Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2 | Men of US 2nd Marine Division wading through shallow water, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 | Oil tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour of Malta, 15 Aug 1942 | Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942 |
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| US battleship Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 15 Aug 1942 |
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