SAN FRANCISCO, USA. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER USS BREMERTON (CA130). HER ORIGINAL CLOSE ...

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number 302521
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1950-1959
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Description

SAN FRANCISCO, USA. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER USS BREMERTON (CA130). HER ORIGINAL CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT OF 20 MM AND 40 MM GUNS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TWIN 3 INCH/50 MARK 26 GUNS CONTROLLED BY MARK 56 DIRECTORS, TWO OF WHICH MAY BE SEEN ABREAST THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. HER CATAPULTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, ALTHOUGH THE CRANE FOR HANDLING AIRCRAFT REMAINS FOR USE WITH THE BOATS NOW STOWED IN THE FORMER AIRCRAFT HANGAR UNDER THE QUARTERDECK. NOTE THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)