An aerial view of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard looking southeast. The shipyard closed on September 30, 1995, but the Navy Intermediate Ship Maintenance Facility (NIMSF) will continue to store decommissioned and mothballed ships. Visible are the battleships IOWA (BB-61) and WISCONSIN (BB-64); the aircraft carriers FORESTALL (CV-59) and SARATOGA (CV-60); three supply ships; the amphibious assault ships IWO JIMA (LPH-2) and OKINAWA (LPH-3) along the Delaware River. In the back pool are the heavy cruiser DES MOINES (CA-134) and numerous frigates

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An aerial view of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard looking southeast. The shipyard closed on September 30, 1995, but the Navy Intermediate Ship Maintenance Facility (NIMSF) will continue to store decommissioned and mothballed ships. Visible are the battleships IOWA (BB-61) and WISCONSIN (BB-64); the aircraft carriers FORESTALL (CV-59) and SARATOGA (CV-60); three supply ships; the amphibious assault ships IWO JIMA (LPH-2) and OKINAWA (LPH-3) along the Delaware River. In the back pool are the heavy cruiser DES MOINES (CA-134) and numerous frigates

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Philadelphia

State: Pennsylvania (PA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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30/10/1995
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The U.S. National Archives
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