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NH 50808 USS OAHU (PR-6)

USS OAHU (PR-6)
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Title: USS OAHU (PR-6)
Caption: The coffin of SK1 C.L. Ensminger, USN, lies beneath a U.S. flag on the fantail of the OAHU, as she heads to Shanghai, China, with the survivors of sister ship USS PANAY (PR-5) which was sunk on 12 December 1937 by Japanese planes. British gunboat HMS LADYBIRD is astern of OAHU, 15 December 1937. Ensminger was killed in the attack on PANAY.
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Catalog #: NH 50808
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Dec 15, 1937
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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