[USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and the USS Northampton (CA-26)]

Photograph of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and the USS Northampton (CA-26) in open water near Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the China-Burma-India Theater.

Inscription on verso: "Our convoy picking us up out of Honolulu. The Northampton and Salt Lake City. The square 'rig' on top of the Northampton’s forward mast is what I was referring to in my letter. I Love you."