File:USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Alaska (CB-1) at Norfolk, Virginia, 1944.jpg

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Aerial view of warships at the base piers of Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia (USA), circa August 1944. Among them are:

  • the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), the largest ship;
  • the battlecruiser USS Alaska (CB-1), on the other side of the pier;
  • the escort carrier USS Croatan (CVE-25), and two destroyers, a Fletcher-class destroyer at the pier and a Clemson/Wilkes-class-destroyer moored outboard.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-190547 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current21:45, 24 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:45, 24 February 20155,265 × 4,387 (6.24 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC photo
10:34, 28 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 10:34, 28 November 2008740 × 609 (106 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia Warships at the Base piers, circa August 1944. Among them are: USS Missouri (BB-63), the largest ship; USS Alaska (CB-1), on the other side of the pier; USS Croatan (CVE-25), and destroyers of the F

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