Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mark 48 Torpedo testing.jpg

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It seems likely that the individual photographs were not actually taken by US navy personnel and so can not be assumed to be PD (US governments sites do use copyrighted images taken by others). Both the description here and in the source presentation (from wayback machine) suggest the source of the photos as either Maritime Headquarters or DSTO Australia so it's possible that the source is Australian not American. Further the images were taken by "PO Scott Connolly and AB Stuart Farrow". AB does not appear to be an abbreviation for a rank in the US Navy (see here) where as it is in the Australian navy (see here). Therefore it seems reasonable to conclude that these images were taken by personnel from the Australian Navy and so the claim that these are PD can't be relied upon. Dpmuk (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Deleted: Description clearly credits Australian Navy. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:53, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]