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80-G-324378 Capture of German Submarine U-505

Photo #: 80-G-324378  Capture of German Submarine U-505
Title: Capture of German Submarine U-505
Description: 4 June 1944 Some of U-505's crewmen are cooled off with a salt water hose in a catawalk on USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) on 13 June 1944. They had been captured soon after abandoning their submarine on 4 June. U-505 is in the center distance, being towed toward Bermuda by USS Abnaki (ATF-96). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-324378
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