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View of the U.S. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), in 1940. Identifiable ships include (front to back):

  • the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2);
  • a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser;
  • a Tennessee-class battleship (left);
  • a Nevada-class battleship;
  • a Brooklyn-class light cruiser;
  • two Farragut-class destroyers;
  • a Northampton-class heavy cruiser is in a drydock;
  • one of the destroyers in the foreground is probably USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) which was built at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and commissioned on 5 September 1940. The other could be USS Monssen (DD-436), commissioned on 14 March 1941.
The contruction of Drydock No. 5 was started in the background.
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Author U.S. Department of the Navy. Thirteenth Naval District. Office of the Commandant.

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