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80-G-78422 USS PC-565 (later renamed Gilmer)

Ship's commander officer, LT Walter T. Flynn, USNR, looks out from a pilot house porthole, 9 August 1943. His ship sank German submarine U-521 off the US East Coast on 2 June 1932. Symbol on bridge face commemorates the event. Note riveted plating, and porthole wiper.
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Title: USS PC-565 (later renamed Gilmer)
Description: Ship's commander officer, LT Walter T. Flynn, USNR, looks out from a pilot house porthole, 9 August 1943. His ship sank German submarine U-521 off the US East Coast on 2 June 1932. Symbol on bridge face commemorates the event. Note riveted plating, and porthole wiper.
Catalog #: 80-G-78422
Copyright Owner: National Archives & Records Administration
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