File:FortMasonWWII.jpg

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English: Servicemembers returning to Fort Mason, San Francisco aboard USS Admiral H T Mayo after World War II.
Coming alongside Pier 15 at Fort Mason, San Francisco, between September 1945 and January 1946 bringing servicemen home from the western Pacific.
Many of her approximately 5,000 passengers are topsides watching her arrival. Note the two 5"/38 guns on her stern; she had two more forward.
A U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph of the United States Department of the Navy
Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/ap125.htm

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04:18, 30 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:18, 30 August 2006740 × 545 (76 KB)DaveOinSF~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Servicemembers returning to Fort Mason, San Francisco aboard the ''USS Admiral H T Mayo'' after World War II. A U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph of the United States Department of the Navy http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/ap1

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