Boston Navy Yard work crew on ship Mt. Vernon

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Boston Navy Yard work crew on ship Mt. Vernon

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01/07/2003

Boston Navy Yard work crew on ship Mt. Vernon

Work crew of a dozen men (including Matthias Cavanaugh, center, balding) at Boston, Mass., Navy Yard. Note on back says "Taken on deck of Mt. Vernon - Innsburg[?] job 1944."

All in picture are a mystery -- save my former, since-deceased uncle, Matthias (or Mathias) Cavanaugh, b. 1902. He apparently was in charge of this work crew. Ship is identified only as Mt. Vernon. Most likely USS Mt. Vernon...

Date & Place: 1944

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