Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo showing the battleship USS Washington being towed across Upper New York Bay to the Naval Supply Depot in Bayonne, New Jersey, where it was to be decommissioned and placed into the postwar "mothball" fleet. The original caption is loose and attached to the back with clear tape. The photograph measures approximately 13⅜ × 11¼ inches and is mounted on black archival paper. It shows expected age-related wear, including light creases, edge wear, and minor surface marks consistent with newspaper archive use. Please see photos. From a Pittsburgh area newspaper's archive.
