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80-G-87314 USS Ancon (AGC-4)

Photo #: 80-G-87314 USS Ancon (AGC-4)
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Title: USS Ancon (AGC-4)
Description: Off the Salerno beachhead on 12 September 1943 serving as operation flagship. Note the U.S. Navy submarine chasers (SCs) laying smokescreens to protect the larger ships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-87314
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