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English: The 95% complete U.S. Navy attack cargo ship USS Vinton (AKA-83) under tow from her builder's yard, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina (USA), to her conversion yard, Key Highway Plant, Bethlehem Steel Co. Baltimore, Maryland. Vinton departed Wilmington on 8 September 1944, under tow by the War Shipping Administration's large seagoing tug Trinidad Head and arrived at Baltimore on 11 September. She is shown in Chesapeake Bay off Hawkins Point just before conclusion of the tow.
Date 11 September 1944
Source U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-71223 from Navsource.org
Author U.S. Navy

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