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NH 89964 S.S. OB (U.S.S.R. Merchant Freighter, 1917-1944)

S.S. OB (U.S.S.R. Merchant Freighter, 1917-1944)
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Title: S.S. OB (U.S.S.R. Merchant Freighter, 1917-1944)
Caption: The Soviet Freighter OB being assisted into her berth at San Francisco, California, during World War II by the U.S. Tug SEA KING. OB was the EX-WASSENAAR, acquired in 1934. She was torpedoed and sunk 5 July 1944, possibly by a U.S. Submarine, on a voyage Vladivostok to Petropavlovsk.
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Catalog #: NH 89964
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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