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| Japanese aerial photograph of the overturned USS Utah, sunk by torpedoes in the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Cruisers Detroit and Raleigh can be seen at left and USS Tangier at right. | Plan view of Detroit's forward superstructure and bow area, Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 18 Feb 1942 | 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 |
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| Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3; note destroyer Preston in background | OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia. | OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia. | USS Detroit in the Salish Sea off Port Angeles, Washington, United States, 14 Apr 1944; note Design 3d Measure 31-32-33 camouflage |
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