File:USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway with cruisers and destroyers, in August 1941 (80-G-13074).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway in company with the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31), in left front, off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (Canada), in August 1941. Augusta had U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked to witness Long Island's operations. Among the other ships present are USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), partially visible at far right, and the destroyer USS Meredith (DD-434), steaming astern of Long Island.
Date August 1941
date QS:P571,+1941-08-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-13074
Source U.S. Navy photo [ 80-G-13074]

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