MAKE A MEME View Large Image Providence (CL-82) at Gibraltar in September 1948.jpg The U S Navy light cruiser USS Providence CL-82 with the gasoline tanker USS Chewaucan AOG-50 coming alongside at Gibraltar circa late September 1948 as seen from the heavy cruiser USS ...
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Keywords: USS Providence (CL-82) at Gibraltar in September 1948.jpg The U S Navy light cruiser USS Providence CL-82 with the gasoline tanker USS Chewaucan AOG-50 coming alongside at Gibraltar circa late September 1948 as seen from the heavy cruiser USS Albany CA-123 Sixth Task Fleet destroyers are moored in the right distance The photo was taken as Albany relieved USS Fargo CL-106 as flagship of the Sixth Task Fleet operating in the Mediterranean Sea Two other cruisers and ten destroyers were among the units relieved in line with the U S Navy policy of rotating ships on duty in the Mediterranean approximately every four months The presence of a number of Royal Navy ships among them the battleship HMS Vanguard 23 resulted in the largest concentration of U S and British warships at Gibraltar since the Second World War Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-98000/NH-98532 html NH 98532 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1948-09 the photo was released for publication 4 October 1948 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Providence CLG-6 USS Chewaucan AOG-50 Gibraltar in the 1940s United States Sixth Fleet
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