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Navy submarine USS Narwhal glides along the surface of the San Pedro harbor, 1932-1933

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Title: Navy submarine USS Narwhal glides along the surface of the San Pedro harbor, 1932-1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1932-1933]
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 Navy submarine USS Narwhal on the water's surface with sailors visible on deck. The submarine, at the time the largest ever built, is seen in a side view.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Greatest Armada in Nation's History Passes in Review; Navy Parades Strength In Sea and Air Tableau; Hundreds of Ships and Aircraft Pass in Stately Review Before Crowds Massed on Shore." 20 Apr. 1932: A1. Or possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Subsea Giant at New Task; Narwhal Showing Its Paces to Officers of Fleet; Five Hundred Got on Trips Beneath Surface." 16 Dec. 1933: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: United States Navy, Submarines, N-1
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4069
ark:/21198/zz002cpsp2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Submarines--American--California--Los Angeles
Narwhal (Submarine : SS-167)
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet. Submarine Force
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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