80-G-49302: Loss of USS Block Island (CVE-21), May 29, 1944
![<p>80-G-49302: Loss of USS Block Island (CVE-21), May 29, 1944. USS Block Island (CVE-21) sinking by the stern, after being torpedoed by U-549 in the Eastern Atlantic on 29 May 1944. </p>
<p>80-G-49302: Loss of USS Block Island (CVE-21), May 29, 1944. USS Block Island (CVE-21) sinking by the stern, after being torpedoed by U-549 in the Eastern Atlantic on 29 May 1944. </p>](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic/usn-warships-loss-damage/1944-may-29-block-island-cve-21/80-g-49302/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679568572284.jpg)
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