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SC 193943 USS Owl

Photo #: SC 193943 USS Owl
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Title: USS Owl
Description: (ATO-137) Enters Cherbourg harbor, France, towing two barges loaded with engineer equipment, 18 July 1944. She was the first ship carrying supplies to enter Cherbourg harbor after its liberation from the Germans. Note the large M painted on her smokestack. Photographed by Reshovsky. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: SC 193943
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