- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- USS Atlanta
- Creator:
- United States Navy
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1941-09-14
- Subject:
- Ships--1940-1950
World War, 1939-1945
Atlanta (Light cruiser : CL-51) - Location:
- United States, New Jersey, Hudson County, Kearny, 40.76843, -74.14542
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the U.S.S. Atlanta in the United States Navy shipyard at Kearny, New Jersey.
War ships; light cruiser; Margaret Mitchell;
The USS Atlanta III was a light cruiser and sank in November of 1942 in the naval battle of Guadalcanal. Launched on 6 September 1941, the ship was sponsored by author Margaret Mitchell and commissioned on December 24, 1941. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2015.001
ahc1702015001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2270
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
