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Description Saipan Operation, June 1944: U.S. Navy ships of Task Force 52 prepare to depart Roi for Saipan, 12 June 1944. The ships are (left to right): the destroyer USS McNair (DD-679); the light cruiser USS Montpelier (CL-57); USS Honululu (CL-48); and the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43). Another cruiser and an escort carrier are in the background.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-253678 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS New Mexico (BB-40).

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