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Black and white photograph of a prayer service on USS Intrepid's hangar deck
Prayer Breakfast on the Hangar Deck
Black and white photograph of a prayer service on USS Intrepid's hangar deck
Black and white photograph of a prayer service on USS Intrepid's hangar deck

Prayer Breakfast on the Hangar Deck

Object NamePhotograph
Dateprobably February 1973
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Chaplain B.H. Struthers. P2018.47.06
Object numberP2018.47.06
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image taken from the back of a prayer event on the hangar deck. The men attending the service are standing. The hangar blast doors in the background of the image partially open. A Grumman E-1 Tracer is visible through the open door. There are large flags hanging from the top of the hangar. There is a white border around the image. A stain is on the top of the back of the photograph. The back has “? Also - Prayer Breakfast 2/73?”, “Official U.S. Navy Photograph // Not for publication // unless officially released”, and “USS Intrepid CVS-11” written and stamped in pencil and black ink.
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