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NH 74515 USS Growler

Photo #: NH 74515  USS Growler
Title: USS Growler
Description: (SS-215) Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication United States Submarine Operations in World War II, page 207. The photo was taken while Growler was alongside USS Fulton (AS-11) at Brisbane, Australia in February 1943, after ramming a Japanese Patrol Vessel in the Bismarck Islands area on 7 February 1943. Note her badly bent bow. Growler's Commanding Officer, Commander Howard W. Gilmore, USN, lost his life in this action. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 74515
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