File:RN Eastern Fleet destroyers 1944.jpg

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Description The destroyer of the British Eastern Fleet with their crew manning the rails as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) was leaving the Indian Ocean on 18 May 1944. The crew of the Saratoga is rendering honours in the foreground.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1977.031.085.009
Author U.S. Navy (This image is part of a photograph album kept by Commander Joseph C. Clifton during 1942-1944, which included service as Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 12 and Commander Air Group (CAG) 12.)
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current19:21, 12 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 19:21, 12 April 20121,124 × 850 (547 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The destroyer of the British Eastern Fleet with their crew manning the rails as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS ''Saratoga'' was leaving the Indian Ocean on 18 May 1944. The crew of the ''Saratoga'' is re...