Associated Press Moth Ball Fleet Awaits Call to Duty
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.58 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: San Diego, California Type: Photograph Date: 13 January 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 25.3 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
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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