File:Workmen lay the keel plate of USS United States (CVA-58) on 18th April 1948.jpg

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Description Workmen lay the 15-ton keel plate and initial shell plate of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) in a construction dry dock at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia (USA), on 18 April 1949. The carrier was cancelled a few days later, on 23 April.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-707175 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current12:55, 29 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 12:55, 29 October 20165,671 × 4,478 (8.43 MB)Cobatfornew NHHC file
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