Navy Catalinas over the Golden Gate, 1937

Hometown, Then

San Francisco

The gate, still unfinished.

Navy flying boats and carriers passing the Golden Gate while the bridge was still going up. The city, seen from the water.

All of Hometown, Then

Navy Catalinas over the Golden Gate, 1937. Navy flying boats flew over the bridge in May 1937, the month it opened as the longest suspension span in the world.

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Navy Catalinas over the Golden Gate, 1937

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Navy carriers pass under the unfinished Golden Gate, 1936. Months before the bridge opened, the carriers USS Lexington and Saratoga steamed under its cables; the span was the world's longest suspension bridge until 1964.

No. 189 · San Francisco

Navy carriers pass under the unfinished Golden Gate, 1936

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