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NH 105656 USS LC(FF)-399 USS SC(C)-727

Photo #: NH 105656 USS LC(FF)-399 USS SC(C)-727
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Title: USS LC(FF)-399 USS SC(C)-727
Description: Photo #: NH 105656 USS LC(FF)-399 (left center), and USS SC(C)-727 (right center) Beached in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. Considered not worth salvaging because of the end of World War II, SC(C)-727 was stricken from the Navy List in December 1945 and LC(FF)-399 in January 1946. Note the mass of debris in the foreground. Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105656
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