An aerial bow-on view of the Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75) under construction in drydock #12 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation Shipyard. Dry dock #12 is the largest in the western hemisphere and is serviced with a 900 metric ton capacity gantry crane that spans the dry dock and work platform. A Commercial double bottom oil tanker is under construction in the rear section of the dry dock
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: James River
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar (USN Ret)
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/08/1996
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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