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XX.2.86 - USS HOWARD D. CROW (DE-252) in rough seas
Black and white image of the HOWARD D. CROW in rough seas. Handwritten inscription on reverse: "DE 252 // Atlantic Ocean."
Record Type: Photo
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XX.2.87 - Launching of USS SLOAT (DE-245)
Launching of the SLOAT at Brown Shipbuilding in Houston, TX, 21 January 1943. Large crowd of people gather at lower left of the image. White lettering on image: "U.S.S. SLOAT DE (245) // VESSEL WATERBOURNE // BROWN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY // HOUSTON, TEXAS // 21 JANUARY 1943."
Record Type: Photo
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XX.2.88 - Launching of USS CANNON (DE-99)
Black and white image of the CANNON sliding down the ways at Wilmington, Delaware, 25 May 1943. A large crowd of people gathered at lower left of the image. Purple text on reverse: "File No: LAU-DE-99-41833 // USS Cannon, Wilmington, Delaware." Handwritten inscription: "DE-99 // given to Brazil 12-19-1944."
Record Type: Photo
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XX.2.89 - Launching of USS EDMONDS (DE-406)
Black and white photograph of the EDMONDS's launching. A crowd of people is gathered at lower edge of the image in a steel structure. White text on lower half of image: "DE 406 // VESSEL LEAVING THE WAYS // BROWN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY // HOUSTON, TEXAS // NO. 168 17 DECEMBER 1943."
Record Type: Photo
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XX.2.90 - Launching of USS RICHEY (DE-385)
Launching of USS RICHEY (DE-385) at Brown Shipbuilding in Houston, TX, 30 June 1943. Crowd of people gathered at lower left of the image in a steel structure. Handwritten inscription on reverse: "DE-385 // U.S.S. RICHEY // 30 Oct. '43." (This date is the commissioning, not the launching as depicted in the photograph.)
Record Type: Photo
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XX.3.73 - Deck Force reception and dance
20" x 12" black and white photograph of BULL's deck force at a reception and dance, July 29, 1944. It was located at the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn, NY. Multiple rows of sailors, some with dates, pose together for a group photograph. On the reverse, it says the photograph was taken by Knickerbocker Pictures of Brooklyn, NY.
Record Type: Photo
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