Associated Press Moth Ball Fleet Awaits Call to Duty

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GLC#
GLC09677.58-View header record
Type
Images
Date
January 13, 1961
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Moth Ball Fleet Awaits Call to Duty
Place Written
San Diego, California
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Sixties

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated January 13, 1961. Shows a naval shipyard. The embedded press release reports that the ships are part of the "moth ball" fleet sitting at the ready. If they were needed ships would be quickly refurbished and converted to combat ships.

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