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NH 120140 Snack time aboard the Victorious CAMPBELL after 12 hours of ramming U-Boats.

Snack time aboard the Victorious CAMPBELL after 12 hours of ramming U-Boats.
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Title: Snack time aboard the Victorious CAMPBELL after 12 hours of ramming U-Boats.
Caption: Fruit salad out of paper cups is enjoyed by two coast guardsmen aboard the victorious CAMPBELL, day after she encountered six Nazi U-Boats and rammed the last one, all within 12 hours. LCDR Robert S Lecky, of Richmond, VA., Navigator of the coast guard cutter, is shown on the left with ensign Julian N. Raper, Jr. Norfolk, VA. right in ramming the sixth sub contacted, the CAMPBELL suffered a 12-foot slit in her hull below the waterline which flooded her engine room. She had to be towed 800 miles to an unnamed east coast port for repair
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