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Black and white image looking at the forward section of the flight deck, aircraft tractors park…
Lowered Aircraft Elevator
Black and white image looking at the forward section of the flight deck, aircraft tractors park…
Black and white image looking at the forward section of the flight deck, aircraft tractors parked in front of lowered aircraft elevator, anti-aircraft guns in lower right corner

Lowered Aircraft Elevator

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Date1945–1946
PeriodWorld War II; Cold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift from the daughter of Dick "C.R." Semple. P2018.02.02
Object numberP2018.02.02
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image looking off the island toward the forward section of the flight deck. Aircraft tractors are parked in a row aft of the lowered forward aircraft elevator (elevator #1). There are 5-inch anti-aircraft guns and 40mm anti-aircraft guns in the lower right (starboard side) of the deck. There is a shoreline in the distance and other ships in the water. There is a white border around the image. The back of the photograph has a handwritten, “#3” and a stamped, “433”.
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