File:USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) attacking German U-boat, painting by CBM Hunter Wood, WWII (40397646302).jpg

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Description Lot-824-5: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Guns ablaze, the U.S. Coast Guard Spencer (WPG-36) is showing bearing down on a German U-boat, blown to the surface by Spencer’s depth charges, in this artist’s conception of the mid-Atlantic battle. The painting is by Coast Guardsman, Chief Boatswain’s Mate Hunter Wood. Image possibly pertains to the sinking of U-175 on April 17, 1943. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2018/02/23).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/40397646302. It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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