File:USS Fiske bow sinking.jpg

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English: USS Fiske (DE-143) on 2 August 1944: Ship's bow floating in the North Atlantic, after she was broken in two by a torpedo from the German submarine U-804. This section had to be sunk by gunfire. Photographed from an airplane based on USS Wake Island (CVE-65). Note sonar dome on Fiske's keel. (Official US Navy photo #8-G-27259, from the National Archives.)
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  • 2007-03-23 20:15 Mdhennessey 738×586× (49825 bytes) USS ''Fiske'' (DE-143) Broken in two and sinking in the Atlantic Ocean on 2 August 1944, after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-804. Note men abandoning ship by walking down the side of her capsizing bow section. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph,

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