File:Wateree (ATF-117).jpg

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English: USS Wateree (ATF-117) fitting out at United Engineering Co, Alameda CA, 9 December 1944. The stern of USS Tolowa (ATF-116) visible just forward. This rare photo is the only one known to exist of the ship, which sank during Typhoon 'Louise' at Okinawa less than a year later with the loss of eight sailors, including her CO and XO. US National Archives photo # 19-N-79509, a US Navy BUSHIPS photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
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Source http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/39/39117.htm
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