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80-G-K-1606 Sénégalais

80-G-K-1606 Sénégalais
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Title: Sénégalais
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Description: Sénégalais (French Escort Ship, formerly USS Corbesier, DE-106) French sailor paints a submarine kill symbol on the ship's smokestack, following the sinking of German submarine U-371 off the Algerian coast on 4 May 1944. During the action, Sénégalais delivered the final attack on U-371, but was herself torpedoed and damaged. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-1606
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