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NH 93902 USS MELVIN (DD-680), kills scoreboard

USS MELVIN (DD-680), kills scoreboard
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Title: USS MELVIN (DD-680), kills scoreboard
Caption: Ship's "kills" scoreboard on the side of her fire control tower, 1945, with her Commanding Officer, Commander Barry K. Atkins at right. Included on the scoreboard is battleship FUSO, which MELVIN torpedoed and sank on 24 October 1944. Atkins' comments: "Missing are confirmed kills of two submarines and at least four more aircraft."
Description: Courtesy of Rear Admiral B.K. Atkins, USN (Ret), 1980. From Atkins photo album no. 1, page 89.
Catalog #: NH 93902
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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