A 40 mm gun crew aboard a light cruiser during a shakedown
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting men to man fighting ships is one of the major problems confronting the Navy. Few on the outside can appreciate the magnitude of the work. A vital cog in the training is the shakedown cruise, the run on which many of the men aboard they their sea legs, become acquainted with their shipmates and learn how to operated and fight their ship. Through a series of pictures made aboard a new light cruiser during its recent shakedown, Navy photographers tell this important and dramatic story. 335A. A 40 mm gun crew in action. - Official U.S. Navy Photograph." Pacific Ocean. Circa January 1944
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Antiaircraft guns--American--Pacific Ocean
Military training--Pacific Ocean