USS_Newport_News_(CA_148),_USS_Springfield_(CLG_7)_and_USS_Northampton_(CC_1)_await_disposal.jpg


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English: Three stricken cruisers await disposal in the Reserve Basin of the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania (USA), in October 1978. The ships, whose hull numbers have been painted out, are (from left to right): USS Newport News (CA-148), USS Springfield (CG-7) and USS Northampton (CC-1).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo K-121961 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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