Image: Boston Naval Shipyard 1958

Description: The South Boston Naval Annex, Massachusetts (USA). Vertical aerial photograph, taken in May 1958. A large number of ships are present, among them twenty Reserve Fleet escort aircraft carriers. Identifiable ships are USS Norfolk (DL-1), at left at the end of the wharf extending from the drydock and the aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVS-36), in the lower left. Of the mothballed ships, the follwing are identifiable: Upper row, beginning with the fourth escort carrier from the left: USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), USS White Plains (CVE-66), USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), USS Hoggart Bay (CVE-75), USS Mindoro (CVE-120), next to the dry dock, USS Dayton (CL-105), USS Suwannee (CVE-27), USS Chenango (CVE-28), the destroyer next to the pier is USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657). Lower row from the left: USS Salerno Bay (CVE-110), USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), USS Marcus Island (CVE-77), USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69), USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85), USS Savo Island (CVE-78).
Title: South Boston Naval Annex and South Boston Army Base, circa 1958
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo NH 94199 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: US Government
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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