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80-G-324351 Capture of German Submarine U-505

Photo #: 80-G-324351 Capture of German Submarine U-505
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Title: Capture of German Submarine U-505
Description: 4 June 1944 Tug USS Abnaki (ATF-96) tows U-505. Photographed from USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), which had previously been towing the captured submarine. Note the large U.S. Ensign flying from U-505's periscope. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-324351
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