Keywords: Aerial view of Boston Navy Yard, circa July 1943.jpg Aerial view of the U S Navy Boston Naval Shipyard Massachusetts USA In the left foreground is the battelship USS Iowa BB-61 which had entered dry dock after a grounding on 16 July 1943 In the right foreground is the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill CV-17 and a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser either USS Baltimore CA-68 or USS Boston CA-69 Five Benson/Gleaves-class destroyers are visible one in the floating dry dock a single Fletcher-class destroyer dark camouflage and the Free French destroyer Le Fantasque On the opposite side of the pier with the floating dry dock at the top of the picture is the troop transport USS Wakefield AP-21 7329893 ca 1943-07 U S Department of the Navy First Naval District Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration Office of the Historical Officer PD-USGov-Military-Navy Boston Navy Yard 1943 in Boston USS Iowa BB-61 USS Bunker Hill CV-17 Le Fantasque ship 1934 USS Wakefield AP-21 ship 1931 |