The US Navy's (USN) newest Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS HALSEY (DDG 97) commissioned at Naval Station North Island (NSNI) during a ceremony marking the formal entrance of the guided missile destroyer into the fleet. The ship named after US Naval Academy graduate Fleet Admiral (ADM) William "Bull" Halsey Jr., who commanded South Pacific Force and South Pacific Area during World War II (WWII)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Air Station, North Island
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: DDG-96
Scene Camera Operator: Li1 John P. Kass, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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