File:Battling the Pier 4 Hoboken blaze.jpg

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"Teamwork! Coast Guard and New York City fireboats battling Pier 4, Hoboken, blaze together."

Photo number/date/photographer unknown.
Date World War 2
Source http://www.uscg.mil/history/uscghist/Port_Security_Photos_2.asp
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According to details published by Hoboken Historical Museum, the photo may have been taken on August 12, 1944. A similar photo in their collections described the scene as follows:
"Tons of water are poured into Pier 4 at Hoboken, as smoke and flames consume the 1,100 foot war supply depot. More than 600 fire fighters were casualties of the blaze which destroyed millions of dollars worth of war materials."

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