File:USS Observation Island (E-AG-154) test firing Polaris missile.jpg

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English: USS Observation Island (E-AG-154) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, circa 1959. Here, the ship is firing a test model of the Polaris missile, the result of upgrades performed to equip the vessel with the Fleet Ballistic Missile System. Note the YD-73 floating crane alongside.
Date circa 1959
date QS:P,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/53/5323.htm (direct link)
Author U.S. Navy

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