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80-G-68537 USS NIAGARA (AGP-1)

USS NIAGARA (AGP-1)
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Title: USS NIAGARA (AGP-1)
Caption: Burns after being attacked by Japanese aircraft east of Cape Surville, San Cristobal Islands, on 23 May 1943. PT-146 is alongside the stern (port) while PT-147 moves up to the starboard side, aft. The tender sank later that day. Other boats (PT-144, PT-145, PT-148, or PT-110) maneuver to pick up other men from the doomed ship.
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Catalog #: 80-G-68537
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sun, May 23, 1943
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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