An aerial view of the southwest end of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, looking to the south. The shipyard closed on September 30, 1995. The Ships Intermediate Maintenance Facility (NISMF) will continue to store decommissioned and mothballed ships. Visible here are the battleships USS IOWA (BB-61), WISCONSIN (BB-64), the aircraft carrier FORESTALL (CV-59), the heavy cruiser DES MOINES (CA-134), several auxiliaries, and numerous destroyers and frigates
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/10/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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