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Description:: At center, the U.S.S. Idaho sails through the water. It is viewed from its port side. Crew members crowd its upper deck. Gun turrets rise above them at center and face aft. At right, along the stern, it reads, "IDAHO."
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: In the near distance at center, the U.S.S. Tennessee lists away camera while anchored in San Pedro Bay during a naval drill. It is viewed from its bow and port side. A few lifeboats towards aft are moored to masts that extend from the near side of the battleship. Near the bow, water pumps out from portholes along the side of the ship. An anchor chain hangs down the side of the ship at the bow. An American flag stands at half-mast at the front of the ship. San Pedro Bay's waters occupy the foreground.
Date:: [circa August 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Likely related to the article, "PREPAREDNESS PLEAS MARK NAVY DAY FETES: All Southland Joins in Celebration; Cluverius Calls Merchant Ships Vital," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1936: A1
Date:: [circa October 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: In the near distance at center, the U.S.S. Tennessee lists towards camera while anchored in San Pedro Bay during a naval drill. It is viewed from its stern and starboard side. Two lifeboats, one aft and one forward, are moored to masts that extend from the near side of the battleship. Across the stern it reads, "TENNESSEE," and an American flag waves at half-mast. San Pedro Bay's waters occupy the foreground.
Date:: [circa August 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The oil tanker Montebello sails through a harbor (presumably, Los Angeles Harbor). It sits in the near distance, off-center to the left and is viewed from its starboard side. At right, a rope extends from the nose of the ship and out of frame. Three masts and a funnel rise from the ship's deck. Between the rightmost masts, the ship's bridge sits atop the deck. The harbor stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa 1921-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: In the near distance at center, the U.S.S Chicago is moored near Los Angeles Harbor on Navy Day. It is viewed at an angle from its starboard side. A few smaller vessels sit alongside the large cruiser. Naval insignia waves from a flag line that stretches down the ship's mid-line. The American flag waves from the ship's stern at left. Los Angeles Harbor is barely visible in the background.
Date:: [circa October 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: At center, inventor Leon F. Douglass poses with his submarine camera while aboard the Santa Rosa. He sits side-saddle on a bench. The base of the camera rests in front of him on the bench. A long tube extends vertically from the camera and out-of-frame. Leon F. Douglass holds onto the apparatus with both hands as he looks to camera. A deck of the Santa Rosa stretches across the background.
Date:: May, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: At center, inventor Leon F. Douglass stands on a set of stairs aboard the Santa Rosa. The stairs span 2 of the ship's decks. Leon F. Douglass stands midway up the steps and holds his invention, a submarine camera. The camera extends from the top of Leon F. Douglass' shoulder and down towards the lower deck.
Date:: May, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Related to the article, "SHIPPING NEWS And Activities at LOS ANGELES HARBOR," Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 1935: A17
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A similar photograph of the U.S.S. Tennessee in the same drill appears with the article, "Battleship rights self: Tennessee Tries Out New Tactics of Repair for Hull Damage," Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 1936: A1
Date:: [circa August 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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