George Washington USS Washington BB56
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LIFE ON BOARD THE MIGHTY "W"

**Smoker AKA as a boxing match (JPG 63 Kb)
**Ship's - Wardroom (JPG 46 Kb)
**Sea detail - Getting the job done (JPG 65 Kb)
**On Watch - From the Pilot House (JPG 30 Kb)
**USS Washington - Dental Office (JPG 31 Kb)
**USS Washington - Captain's Cabin (JPG 48 Kb)
**Navigators - Plotting the Stars (JPG 34 Kb)
**Plotting Room - We are on course (JPG 33 Kb)
**Radio Room We have radio contact (JPG 28 Kb)
**Sending a message by Semaphore (JPG 36 Kb)
**Engine Room Full speed ahead (JPG 29 Kb)
**Combat Intelligence Center Enemy target bearing 240 (JPG 22 Kb)
**Generator Room Cutting in a Diesel Generator (JPG 31 Kb)
**Print Shop Where the Orders are transformed into paper (JPG 30 Kb)
**Typewriter team Those who wrote the newsletters (JPG 42 Kb)
**Laundry Room Clean Trowsers Weekly (JPG 30 Kb)
**Laundry Room crew (JPG 51 Kb)
**Sick Bay Where many a minor injury was mended (JPG 33 Kb)
**Dispensary Medication as needed (JPG 36 Kb)
**Galley Time to feed the Men (JPG 34 Kb)
**Bakery Fresh bread daily (JPG 35 Kb)
**Galley Soup of the Day (JPG 36 Kb)
**Soda Fountain The hang out on hot days (JPG 29 Kb)
**Ships Store From razors to writing paper (JPG 23 Kb)
**Pay Day A line you don't mind standing. (JPG 27 Kb)
**Barber Shop Off comes the sideburns (JPG 31 Kb)
**After Hours A place to catch some rest. (JPG 35 Kb)
**Crew on Deck after the battle of San Cruz (JPG 63 Kb)
**Morning Duty Swabbing down the deck (JPG 40 Kb)
**Abandon Ship Drill Looks like fun (JPG 37 Kb)
**Abandon Ship Drill Down comes the rafts (JPG 45 Kb)
**Entertainment Comedian Joe E. Brown (JPG 33 Kb)
**A Favorite Past Time The Grunts & Groans at Wrestling (JPG 44 Kb)
** Baseball -Richard Church top row, 2nd from the right (JPG 71 Kb)
**All Time Favorite Past Time Boxing aka Smokers (JPG 42 Kb)
**Visitor - While passing through the Panama Canal (JPG 40 Kb)
**Navy Day 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard (JPG 39 Kb)
**Navy Day 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard (JPG 31 Kb)
OPERATION MAGIC CARPET
At the end of the war in Japan and Europe, The USS Washington
made two trips from England to New York transporting troops home.

**The Army coming aboard (JPG 35 Kb)
**Good-bye Europe, America here we come (JPG 38 Kb)
**The Army dishes out Navy chow (JPG 31 Kb)
**And they like the Navy chow. (JPG 35 Kb)
**Arriving in New York City (JPG 44 Kb)

A Special Thank You to Associates Mike & Nancy Green
and Glenn Winter
for their contribution to this collection.

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