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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: February 24, 2014
Caption: USS Oakland Mast Marker
Additional Description: Captions: The USS OAKLAND was presented in Tokyo Bay to witness the surrender ceremonies ending World War II (left); The ship, which weighed six thousand tons and was 530 feet ( nearly two city blocks) in length, was the smallest cruiser built by the Navy since 1905 (center); The USS OAKLAND, returning to San Francisco Bay in 1953 (center, top); Petty Officer First Class Audrey West, US Navy, presenting the USS OAKLAND’s flag to Oakland Mayor Herbert L. Beach, October 1945 (center bottom); Pages from a book published by the Oakland City Council and Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the ship’s return to the Bay Area in 1945 (sidebar).
Submitted: March 4, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p267561
File Size: 3.281 Megabytes

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