USS_Fanning_385.jpg
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Summary
| Description |
English:
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS
Fanning
(DD-385) escorting the aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise
(CV-6) on the day the Doolittle Raid aircraft were launched, 18 April 1942. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS
Salt Lake City
(CA-25). The destroyer in the background, headed toward the left, is USS
Balch
(DD-363), flagship of Destroyer Squadron 6 (DesRon 6).
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| Date | 18 April 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
80-G-324218
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-324218 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
80-G-324218
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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the
U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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