File:Richelieu from Saratoga May 1944.jpg

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Description The crew of the French battleship Richelieu and the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) manning the rails as the Saratoga ended operations with the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean, 18 May 1944.

The National Museum of Naval Aviation identifies Richelieu as "a ship of the British Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet".
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1977.031.085.017 [1]
Author U.S. Navy (This image is part of a photograph album kept by Commander Joseph C. Clifton during 1942-1944, which included service as Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 12 and Commander Air Group (CAG) 12.)

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