Keywords: monochrome Lot 5124-1: USS Augusta (CA 31), off Brooklyn Navy Yard, circa WWII. Note, the strategically placed tug. She served in Operation Torch, Naval Battle of Casablanca, North African duty, and the Normandy Invasion. Decommissioned in 1946, she was struck in 1959 and sold for scrap a year later. “Our Navy” Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (6/12/2015). Lot 5124-1: USS Augusta (CA 31), off Brooklyn Navy Yard, circa WWII. Note, the strategically placed tug. She served in Operation Torch, Naval Battle of Casablanca, North African duty, and the Normandy Invasion. Decommissioned in 1946, she was struck in 1959 and sold for scrap a year later. “Our Navy” Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (6/12/2015). |