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This wood is authentic teakwood bridge railing from the US Navy Heavy Cruiser USS Baltimore (CA-68).
The USS Baltimore was the lead ship of a class of 14 heavy cruisers and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned in 1947, the ship was placed in reserve at Bremerton, Wash. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the USS Baltimore was recommissioned in November 1951. Finally decommissioned on May 31st, 1956, the ship was stricken from the Navy list on February 15, 1971, and sold to Zidell Explorations, Inc., of Portland, Ore., on April 10, 1972 for scrapping.