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| Keywords: Aerial view of US Naval Station Subic Bay in October 1941.jpg Aerial view or the U S Navy Olongapo Naval Station Subic Bay Philippines on 27 October 1941 The old armoured cruiser USS Rochester CA-2 is alongside the dock with several Consolidated PBY patrol planes on the adjacent seaplane apron <br> Rochester ex-New York ACR-2 ex-Saratoga had been decommissioned on 29 April 1933 She remained moored at the Olongapo shipyard for the next eight years Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 October 1938 and she was scuttled on 24 December 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese <br> Note the strange arrow above Rochester it does not point north Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-178000/80-G-178319 html 80-G-178319 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1941-10-27 U S Navy 14 81452 120 28694 PD-USGov-Military-Navy U S Naval Base Subic Bay USS New York ACR-2 | ||||
