Modernization (1950-1975)

The Naval-Marine Corps Hall traced the evolution of United States naval power from the first commissioned vessel of 1775 to the atomic submarine. A case prepared in 1952 on the destruction of the battleship "Maine" is seen on view here.
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Neg. Number 42101
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Relics from the destruction of the "Maine" in the
Naval-Marine Corps Hall, 1952
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