File:USS Ahrens (DE-575) at Casablanca, Morocco, in June 1944.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Ahrens (DE-575) at Casablanca, Morocco, in June 1944. She rescued d 673 survivors in a period of 40 minutes after the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) was torpedoed by the German submarine U-549 in the Atlantic Ocean, on 29 May 1944.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Block Island (CVE-21) and (CVE-106) 1944-1946 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current07:59, 11 September 2021Thumbnail for version as of 07:59, 11 September 2021591 × 455 (126 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS ''Ahrens'' (DE-575) at Casablanca, Morocco, in June 1944. She rescued d 673 survivors in a period of 40 minutes after the escort carrier USS ''Block Island'' (CVE-21) was torpedoed by the German submarine ''U-549'' in the Atlantic Ocean, on 29 May 1944.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cve106-45/013.htm] from the [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cve106-45/index_004.htm...

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