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Description
English: Operation Crossroads, 1946: Prospective target ships and support ships at Pearl Harbor in a photo released on 27 February 1946. Ships present from front to rear include the Gilliam-class attack transports USS Crittenden (APA-77), Catron (APA-71), Bracken (APA-64), Burleson (APA-67), Gilliam (APA-57), Fallon (APA-81), one unidentified ship, USS Fillmore (APA-83), the Acubens-class general stores issue ships USS Kochab (AKS-6) and Luna (AKS-7), an unidentified tanker and a Liberty ship. Identifiable on the right are the medium landing ships LSM-203 and LSM-465. Further in the background are a floating drydock and a merchant ship hulk with unidentified fittings forward of the bridge.
Date
Source US Navy: Photo # 80-G-702126 Operation Crossroads ships at Pearl Harbor in 1946. Department of the Navy -- Naval History and Heritage Command (1946). Retrieved on 2009-11-12.
Author Nameless navy photographer (Please update it if you know who he is)

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