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English: Aerial view of the Reserve Basin of the U.S. Navy Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) on 19 May 1955 with numerous ships in reserve.

The nearest ship is the never-completed large cruiser Hawaii (CB-3), which lacks its previously-installed three 305 mm gun turrets.
The cruisers outboard of Hawaii are (in unknown order) USS Honolulu (CL-48), USS Columbia (CL-56), USS Denver (CL-58), USS Galveston (CL-93), and USS Portsmouth (CL-102).
To their left are USS Tranquillity (AH-14), USS Sanctuary (AH-17), and USS Pocono (AGC-16). Behind Hawaii (from left to right) are USS Montpelier (CL-57), USS Houston (CL-81), USS Huntington (CL-107), USS Savannah (CL-42), USS Cleveland (CL-55), and USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103).

Beyond them (from left to right) are USS Wichita (CA-45), USS Oregon City (CA-122), USS Chester (CA-27), and USS New Orleans (CA-32).
Depicted place Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
Date 19 May 1955
date QS:P571,+1955-05-19T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-668655
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-668655 (cropped)
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