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Heavy cruisers, the USS San Francisco and the USS New Orleans, Southern California, 1935-1939

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Title: Heavy cruisers, the USS San Francisco and the USS New Orleans, Southern California, 1935-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1935-1939]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The USS San Francisco would become one of the most decorated ships in World War II. The USS New Orleans was moored at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack but did not suffer any serious damage.
The USS San Francisco, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, at sea in the foreground, with the USS New Orleans, another heavy cruiser, in the background.
Handwritten on negative: U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S New Orleans.
Text from negative sleeve: United States Navy, Ships, New Orleans & San Francisco
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4026
ark:/21198/zz002cpr6b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Cruisers (Warships)--American--California
San Francisco (Cruiser)
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet
New Orleans (Cruiser)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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