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Decommissioned U.S. Navy cruisers in the Reserve Basin of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania (USA), in 1947. In the foreground are three Brooklyn-class light cruisers. The four surviving New Orleans-class heavy cruisers are visible in the center background, with Northampton-class heavy cruisers tied up to the right.

The first ship on the left is USS Honolulu (CL-48), the outboard ship in the left group is USS St. Louis (CL-49). The ships in background include (in no order)(center) : USS San Francisco (CA-38), USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), USS New Orleans (CA-32), and (right side) USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Louisville (CA-28), and USS Portland (CA-33).
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Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine October 1978, p. 32; Official U.S. Navy photo NH 92254 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy
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(Reusing this file)		 "All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."

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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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