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NH 77006 Italian "MTM" Explosive Motor Boat

Italian "MTM" Explosive Motor Boat
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Title: Italian "MTM" Explosive Motor Boat
Caption: Captured by USS GLEAVES (DD-423) off San Remo, Italy, 2 October 1944. U.S. Navy bomb disposal unit personnel aboard the boat in the Golfo de Juan, France, on 3 October 1944, making a preliminary inspection of the boat and its explosive mechanisms. "Morgan Bomb Disposal Unit, Toulan." Note crash boat standing by in the background.
Description: Copied from 8th Fleet action report of 19 October 1944, serial 001204. See reverse of NH 77000 for copy of this report.
Catalog #: NH 77006
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Mon, Oct 02, 1944
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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