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NH 89913 S.S. TRANSBALT (USSR Merchant Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1899-1945)

S.S. TRANSBALT (USSR Merchant Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1899-1945)
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Title: S.S. TRANSBALT (USSR Merchant Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1899-1945)
Caption: The Soviet Passenger Cargo Ship TRANSBALT docked at San Francisco, California, during World War II. TRANSBALT was the former CZARIST NAVY RIGA, Ex-German Merchant Belgravia. She was torpedoed and sunk in error by USS SPADEFISH in La Perouse Channel, June 13, 1945.
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Catalog #: NH 89913
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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