Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3

Caption     Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   4747-43
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Mare Island Navy Yard   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Tang   Main article  Photos  
Tilefish   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 571 x 707 pixels
Photos in Series See all 3 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 1 Jul 1943
Photos at Same Place Vallejo, California, United States
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Anonymous says:
3 Sep 2015 11:01:28 AM

The first 2 photos (stern on) are captioned correctly. The 3rd photo ( bow on) has the Tang and Tilefish reversed, Tang is on the right and Tilefish is on the left.

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