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== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=Jacket patch of the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS ''Canberra'' (CAG-2) insignia used in 1958.}} |depicted place = |date = 1958 |photographer = {{unknown|author}} |institution = {{Institution:Naval History and Heritage Command}} |accession number = NH 69548-KN |source = U.S. Navy photo [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numeri...