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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Aircraft Carrier America and U.S.S. California

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c. 1981

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Overview

A folder which has two coloured photographs of American aircraft carriers. On the cover of the folder in the bottom right hand corner is a dark blue circle and in the centre is an eagle, around the outer circle in white lettering is "UNITED STATES NAVY"

Historical information

The photograph on the left is the Aircraft Carrier America and the one on the right is U.S.S. CALIFORNIA CGN-36

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Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSP2024.191a

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Material

Photographic Paper

Width

32 cm

Height or length

28.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On the right hand page of the folder and above the photograph handwritten in black ink is "TO THE PEOPLE OF KATANNING FROM CAPT C.J.SMITH AND CREW OF THE USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH"

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