A page from a US Navy sailor's 1939 photograph album documents the cruiser's arrival at Marseille, France. Informal snapshots taken on the weather deck show crewmen in dress whites posed near the ship's rigging, alongside views of the approaching French coastline and glimpses of shipboard life below decks. Handwritten captions -- nicknames, shipmates, and place names -- reflect the personal, first-hand record-keeping common among sailors of the interwar fleet during the final peacetime cruises before the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Project: 218720