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80-G-324373 U-505

Photo #: 80-G-324373 U-505
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Title: U-505
Description: (German Type IXC Submarine, 1941) The submarine's forward 53.3cm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, taken by a USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) photographer on 14 June 1944. U-505 had been captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944. Note the Roman numerals on each tube (even numbers to starboard, odd to port) and nicknames affixed to the two upper tubes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-324373
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