SCRAP BOOK  USS Valley Forge CV45 Page 1

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Construction Photos
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Dry Dock #5
Keel Laid 7,Sept.1944
Commissioned 3,Nov.1946
Cost of $76,000,000 paid
by Philadelphians with
War Bond Drive Funds
Sailed 10,Dec.1946

Construction Day 69

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Construction Day 435