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"K" is where USS Kawishiwi AO-146 was commissioned in 1955. Now cruise liners use the East side.
USS America was still at next pier west when this photo was taken.
MAIN GATE is upper right.
LPH 12 at top; CA-134 at bottom
LPH 12 and sunk, on 5 December 2004 at 36° 42.30' N 71° 40.00' W,
in 2,150 fathoms (3.9 km) of water, 207 NM (383 km) east of Virginia Beach, VA.
USS Des Moines CA-134 departed Philadelphia on 21 August, 2006 for ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX.
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