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80-G-227989 USS Tang (SS-306)

Photo #: 80-G-227989 USS Tang (SS-306)
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Title: USS Tang (SS-306)
Description: Takes aboard aircrewmen of downed aircraft and of a USS North Carolina (BB-55) OS2U floatplane that had landed to rescue them, off Truk on 1 May 1944. Tang was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227989
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