#mothballs fleet

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Views of USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) in the reserve basin at. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. USS INTREPID (CVS-11) to the left and at right is USS IOWA (BB-61). These ships are part of the Mothballed Fleet here.

Photographs recorded on April 1980.

NARA: 404793436, 404793430, 404793433, 404793439

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"Sailor Will Schroeder, of Prodivdence, R.I., salutes the three battleships in the mothball fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Base that are being considered for Vietnam war duty. Ships are (from left) USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) and USS IOWA (BB-61)."

Photographed in April 1967.

Temple University Library: P554176B

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USS IOWA (BB-61) being pulled out of the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Hunter's Point, California and towed to San Francisco Naval Shipyard. She was the last of sisters to be reactivated and had been there since March 29, 1949.

Photographed on July 14, 1951.

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An officer walks down the main deck of the sleeping giant, USS IOWA (BB-61). On her starboard side is USS WISCONSIN (BB-64). Both ships had been in the reserve fleet at the Philadelphia Navy Yard since 1958.

Photographed by James J. Craig, on November 4, 1977.

Temple University Library: P559070B, P559071B

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USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38), USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) and USS IOWA (BB-61) in mothballs at the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania.

Photographed in October 1978.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: K-121963, K-121960

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USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), and USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Bayonne, New Jersey.

Photographed in August 1960.

Dick Leonhardt's Collection: 19600800S-z15

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Tourists visiting USS IOWA (BB-61) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. She was in the reserve fleet at the time. Behind her is USS WISCONSIN (BB-64).

Photographed on May 18, 1968.

Temple University Library: P559084B

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A family touring USS IOWA (BB-61) in the mothball fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania.

In the background USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) and USS WISCONSIN (BB-64).

Photographed on May 20, 1967.

Temple University Library: P559073B