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80-G-328469 USS Thornton

Photo #: 80-G-328469  USS Thornton
Title: USS Thornton
Description: (AVD-11) In Kerama Retto harbor, Ryukyus, circa mid-April 1945, with a fleet tug (ATF) alongside. Thornton had been heavily damaged on 5 April 1945 in a collision with USS Ashtabula (AO-51) and USS Escalante (AO-70). Note the deep vertical gash in her starboard side, amidships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-328469
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