Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

80-G-393925: Ireland, April 22, 1948. U.S. Navy ships visit Irish Free State, marking the first time in more than twenty years that units of the fleet of visited Eire. Shown: Before approximately 22,000 paying fans, a team representing USS Fresno (CL-121) crushes a team representing the destroyers Johnston and W.R. Rush in a twilight game at Croke Park. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2018/05/09).