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Aging fleet

Date7/5/1978

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Aging fleet: Even at age 20; the Nipigon - pictured in 1978 - is not the oldest of Canada's 20-destroyer fleet. Ottawa may be urged to speed up replacements.

Subject

Navies

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010397F

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