File:Helicopter lands on USS Missouri (BB-63) gun turret, 1948 Midshipmen’s Practice Cruise (37781879662).jpg
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| Description | Lot-6048-5: U.S. Navy helicopter is shown landing on the forward 16-inch gun turret of USS Missouri (BB-63) during the 1948 “Midshipmen’s Practice Cruise, Guard Mail, ship’s newspapers and personnel were exchanged via helicopter while the cruise squadron was at sea. Most exchanges, however, were made by “hovering pick-up” in which the plane did not land but hovered over the deck. Photograph filed September 13, 1948. U.S. Navy Photograph, USN 706093. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2018/10/20). Photographed through Mylar sleeve. |
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| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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