The sailors gather around one of the USS Washington's 16 "/ 45 caliber 6" Mark 6 machine gun towers, when they were commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Pennsylvania, USA, on May 15, 1941.

 The sailors gather around one of the USS Washington's 16 "/ 45 caliber 6" Mark 6 machine gun towers, when they were commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Pennsylvania, USA, on May 15, 1941.




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