Philadelphia US Naval Base - 1992
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From the web site of DDG6, this information was obtained. Ship Typical Photo
BB 61 Iowa and BB 64 Wisconsin at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania (Mar 29, 1992) If you can tell them apart, you were either working there at the time, or you have better eyes than I have. Note the "splice" down the middle of the image, such that the battleship moored at the pier was imaged in two different passes. Note also the empty (and wet) drydock at the left. This was one of two drydocks at the Philadelphia Navy Yard capable of handling large aircraft carriers; the loss of these drydocks was a key point of controversy in the closing of the yard in 1995.

CV 43 Coral Sea at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania (Mar 29, 1992) One of three Midway class large fleet carriers completed shortly after World War II, Coral Sea was finally decommissioned and stricken April 30, 1991. She resided at the Philadelphia Navy Yard until July 1993, when she was towed to Baltimore for scrapping, a process which dragged out over more than seven years.