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Title: USS Iowa Out of Mothballs, 1951
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951-11-03
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: 2 images. USS Iowa Out of Mothballs, 3 November 1951. Captain W.R. Smedberg (Commanding Officer).
Supplementary material reads: "Chernus -- harbor
captions. One Neg shows view of mighty USS Iowa, 45,000-ton battleship, recently taken out of mothballs for reactivation. The battleship arrived Los Angeles Harbor today and will make this her home port. One neg shows Captain W.R. Smedberg, 111, commanding officer of Iowa, only battleship in fleet with a built in bathtub, looking over historic guest book".
Type: image
Format: 2 photographs : negatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m6487
EXM-N-9383-018~1...~2
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m6487
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-9383-018~1.jpg
Language: English
Time Period: 1951-11-03
Source: 9383-018 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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