An aerial starboard quarter view of the Military Sealift Command's vehicle transport ship USNS GORDON (T-AKR-296) under conversion in drydock No. 12 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation on the James River. Forward of AKR-296 is the amidships section of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier HARRY TRUMAN (CVN-75). The ship's name was recently changed from UNITED STATES. On the dock to the right can be seen various sections of the new carrier under modular construction including two of the ship's elevators
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Coppert
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/02/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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