Word: marbleheaders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into the Hudson River. The procession was led by the California, the Navy's No. 1 capital ship carrying Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton, commander-in-chief of the Battle Fleet, followed by the West Virginia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico. Next came the cruisers: Detroit, Marblehead, Raleigh, Richmond, the brand new Salt Lake City, many another. Destroyers anchored around Staten Island. Other vessels crowded into Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sailors itched for shore leave. Aboard the flagship Texas was Admiral William Veazie Pratt, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet, who, with other three-starred naval officers, received...