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Black and white photograph of damage to USS Intrepid’s rudder post casting in dry dock
Damage to USS Intrepid's Rudder Post Casting
Black and white photograph of damage to USS Intrepid’s rudder post casting in dry dock
Black and white photograph of damage to USS Intrepid’s rudder post casting in dry dock

Damage to USS Intrepid's Rudder Post Casting

Object NamePhotograph
DateMarch 23, 1944
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2013.01.84.08
Object numberP00.2013.01.84.08
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Official horizontal image of USS Intrepid in dry dock to repair torpedo damage. This view shows the area where Intrepid's rudder is usually attached to the ship, although the rudder itself has been removed and does not appear in the image. The rudder post housing is cracked. There is a man in upper left corner wearing a helmet with a cigarette in his mouth looking at the camera.

Caption on top right of image reads "Official Photograph // Not to be Released // for Publication // U.S. Naval Drydocks // Hunters Point // San Francisco, Calif." Caption on bottom left of image reads "397-44-S8 CV11 // Port side of rudder post casting showing cracks and // damage // Hunters Point 23 March 1944".
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