Starboard bow view of the USS BOSTON (CAG-1), the Navy's first guided missile cruiser, underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Starboard bow view of the USS BOSTON (CAG-1), the Navy's first guided missile cruiser, underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Starboard bow view of the USS BOSTON (CAG-1), the Navy's first guided missile cruiser, underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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From the starboard bow, this view shows the USS Boston (CAG-1) underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 2, 1956. The ship began as a heavy cruiser, and the Navy rebuilt her as its first guided missile cruiser, removing some of her after gun turrets to make room for a Terrier surface-to-air missile launcher and adding new radar and fire-control equipment. Named for the city of Boston, she carried that name into a new phase of naval design, and this photograph catches her during the early years of that conversion.
| Created / published | 1956 March 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by the U.S. Navy. No. USN 687039. Granik Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Navy, U.S.; Ships; Missiles. Unprocessed, Access. no. 225-75. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,232 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156883 |
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