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5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose gun on Yorktown's after starboard gun platform, 27 Sep 1937; photo taken at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Virginia, United States | Commissioning ceremony of USS Yorktown, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30 Sep 1937 | USS Yorktown (Yorktown-class) commissioning ceremonies taking place on the flight deck, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30 Sep 1937. Note destroyer USS Jacob Jones on the other side of the pier | Indianapolis at Portland, Oregon, United States, Oct 1937 |
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Japanese biplane dropping a bomb on a target, China, 1937 | Japanese soldiers in Shanghai, China, Aug-Nov 1937 | US Navy officers inspecting USS Permit, New York, United States, circa late 1937; note USS Pollack and USS Plunger flanking USS Permit | USS Yorktown at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Oct 1937; note flag of Rear Admiral Charles Blakely |
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Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 2 | Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 2 | Ann and Mildred Stahlman, the daughters of the president of 'The Nashville Banner,' a prominent Nashville newspaper, prepare to christen the cruiser Nashville 2 Oct 1937 at Camden, New Jersey, United States. | The cruiser Nashville began slipping down the ways after several nervous, motionless moments following christening at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey, United States, 2 Oct 1937. |
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Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 3 | Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 3 | Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 3 of 3 | Harry Hopkins at the funeral service of his wife Barbara (née Duncan), 9 Oct 1937 |
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Mugford off Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 25 Oct 1937 | Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht and US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, State Department, Washington DC, United States, 27 Oct 1937 | Carrier USS Yorktown anchored at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 Oct 1937 | Mugford at Havana, Cuba, circa late 1937 |