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80-G-298609 USS Wasp

Photo #: 80-G-298609 USS Wasp
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Title: USS Wasp
Description: (CV-18) Flight deck crews prepare to load a Mark XIII torpedo on a TBM aircraft, during strikes in the Luzon-Formosa area, 13 October 1944. Note plywood stabilizer on the torpedo's fins and drag ring on its nose. Plane at right is an F6F, others visible are TBMs. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-298609
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