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Show 1 Cruiser San Francisco Commissione1 - g- t$ iicf p 7- x , ' 4. ' , ! ; Lrlf.f I: oi?' -'wht-At- i e fit -f . p v r yyd I, 'AN FRANC5 The 10,000 ton cruiser San Francisco, sporting nine 8-inch guns 1 four 5-inch guns, was commissioned at Mare Island navy yard, Califort The keel of the cruiser was laid In September, 1931, and it was launc in March, last year. Capt. Royal E. Ingersoll took command of the ck after the Navy department commissioning order was read, .vlth the ci of 500 and several hundred guests at attention. 1 |