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Kentucky (BB-66)
80-G-670850 -- Ship's bow being transported on a large crane barge from Newport News, Virginia, to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, circa May-June 1956. It was used to repair USS Wisconsin (BB-64), which had been damaged in a collision on 6 May 1956. Tug closest to camera is Alamingo (YTB-227). Tug on other side of barge is Apohola (YTB-502)
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Naval Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS Kentucky

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