Turkish_battlecruiser_Yavuz_at_Istanbul_in_1947.jpg


Summary

Description The Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz with two destroyers at Istanbul, Turkey, circa in May 1947. The photo was taken from the visiting U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32). Leyte , with assigned Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 3 April to 9 June 1947.
Date circa May 1947
date QS:P,+1947-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine April 1948 , p. 14.
Author U.S. Navy
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