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Description Lot-824-1: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. After blasting a U-Boat from beneath the surface of the Atlantic, then battering it with deck guns until it was ready to sink, Commander Harold S. Berdine, commanding officer of USS Spencer (WPG-36), takes time out to talk over the action with Captain Paul R. Heineman, USN, U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Image possibly pertains to the sinking of U-175 on April 17, 1943. 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@N06/40397657252 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

10 July 2018

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