USS BROOKLYN (CL-40) anchored off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. BROOKLYN was part of the USS SQUALUS (SS-192) salvage fleet.
Here we see the crew of BROOKLYN using her stern aircraft crane to transfer supplies to other vessels in the salvage fleet.
Photographed by Carl Mydans, identified by Peter DeForest.
Date: May 1939
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