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NH 106576 Photo # USS Block Island

Photo # NH 106576 USS Block Island
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Title: Photo # USS Block Island
Description: (CVE-21) Underway in the Atlantic, off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay (36-54'N, 75-22'W, course 090) on 15 October 1943. Parked on her flight deck are twelve TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo planes and nine F4F/FM Wildcat fighters. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 106576
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