File:USS Tarawa (CV-40) at Tsingtao in November 1948.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40) at Tsingtao (today: Qingdao), China, circa in November 1948. The light cruiser USS Tucson (CL-98) is visible in the background. Tarawa, with assigned Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1), was on her world cruise from San Diego, California (USA) to Norfolk, Virginia (USA) from 28 September 1948 to 21 February 1949.
Date between 29 October 1948 and 6 December 1948
date QS:P,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1948-10-29T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1948-12-06T00:00:00Z/11
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Tarawa (CV-40) 1948-1949 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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current20:55, 25 April 2015Thumbnail for version as of 20:55, 25 April 20151,250 × 825 (592 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy aicraft carrier USS ''Tarawa'' (CV-40) at Tsingtao (today: Quingdao), China, circa in November 1948. The light cruiser USS ''Tucson'' (CL-98) is visible in the background. ''Tarawa'', with...