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NH 100354 ADMIRAL CHARNER (French Colonial Sloop, 1932-1945).

ADMIRAL CHARNER (French Colonial Sloop, 1932-1945).
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Title: ADMIRAL CHARNER (French Colonial Sloop, 1932-1945).
Caption: Ship's wreck photographed in the Mekong River at My Tho, South Vietnam, in May 1967. She had been scuttled there on 10 March 1945 during the Japanese takeover of French Indochina. Taken by Don S. Montgomery, who was then serving in U.S. Navy Boat PBR-131. He states that Japanese salvors partially dismantled the wreck during the following summer.
Description: Courtesy of Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.), 1984.
Catalog #: NH 100354
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Photographed by Don S. Montgomery.
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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