File:USS Flint (CL-97) at Ulithi in March 1945.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy Atlanta-class cruiser USS Flint (CL-97), probably at Ulithi Atoll, circa late March 1945, as the U.S. Fifth Fleet was departing for the Okinawa operation. Flint´s camouflage is Measure 33, Design 22D. Note the two Essex-class carriers in the background, the left one probably being USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). USS Tennessee (BB-43) is visible in the background (her sister ship California was under repair at Puget Sound at that time).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3813 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, the photo was taken from the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48)

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