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NH 100212-KN SS SHOUN MARU (Japanese cargo ship)

SS SHOUN MARU (Japanese cargo ship)
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Title: SS SHOUN MARU (Japanese cargo ship)
Caption: Steering column and gearshift lever of a truck chassis, part of her cargo. Taken by Ron Strong while diving on her wreck off Rota, Marianas, Spring 1978. She had been sunk by aircraft from USS WHITE PLAINS (CVE-66) on 23 June 1944.
Description: Courtesy of Ron Strong, 1985.
Catalog #: NH 100212-KN
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Photo by Ron Strong, 1978.
After this Year: 1970
Before this Year: 1979
Original Medium: Color Photo
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