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File:RAdm King SOC on USS Lexington 1936.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, USN ,arrives to an unidentified Naval Air Station (probably NAS Anacostia, DC) in his new Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull aircraft (BuNo 9990), 2 June 1936. Contrary to the original description, this photo was taken not onboard USS Lexington - see hangar roofs at the background and concrete surface aircraft stands on.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-454721; Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author The original uploader was Binksternet at English Wikipedia. 7 October 2007 (original upload date)
Other versions frame with caption "Photo # 80-G-454721 Radm E.J. King arrives on board USS Lexington in a SOC-1, June 1936" cropped

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  • 2007-10-07 17:43 Binksternet 740×615× (86999 bytes) Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, USN arrives on board USS Lexington (CV-2) in his new Curtiss [[SOC-1 Seagull]] aircraft, 2 June 1936.

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current11:45, 22 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 11:45, 22 August 2009740 × 593 (110 KB)Cobatfor((Information |Description=((en|U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, USN ,arrives on board the aircraft carrier USS ''Lexington'' (CV-2) in his new Curtiss SOC-1 ''Seagull'' aircraft (BuNo 9990), 2 June 1936.)) |Source=Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-4547

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