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The guided missile destroyer JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG-56) slips down the ways after being christened at the Bath Iron Works shipyard

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Base: Bath

State: Maine (ME)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Brian Wemitt

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/09/1992
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