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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Wheels, gauges and other equipment fill a ship’s engine room.

Engine Room

An interior view of the USS Fletcher's engine room while at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, N.J., in 1942.

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