Naval officers perform a changing of the flags ceremony aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota to signal the retirement of Admiral William F. Halsey, Los Angeles, 1945

Title: Naval officers perform a changing of the flags ceremony aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota to signal the retirement of Admiral William F. Halsey, Los Angeles, 1945
Date Created: November 22, 1945
Date: 1945-11-22
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Events
Admirals--American--United States
Battleships--American--United States
War

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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