File:USS Boston (CAG-1) and USS Canberra (CAG-2) underway on 22 April 1958.jpg

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The U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers USS Boston (CAG-1) and USS Canberra (CAG-2) steam alongside each other, as they practice high-line operations for the transfer of the World War II Unknown Soldier, 22 April 1958.

Note that Boston was originally equipped with Mk 25 Mod 7 guidance radars, whereas Canberra had already received SPQ-5 radars.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Boston (CAG-1) 1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy, photographed by Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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