Photo #: NH 105656
USS LC(FF)-399 (left center), and
USS SC(C)-727 (right center)
Beached in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged
that port in October 1945.
Photographed in November 1945. Considered not worth salvaging
because of the end of World War II, SC(C)-727 was stricken
from the Navy List in December 1945 and LC(FF)-399 in
January 1946.
Note the mass of debris in the foreground.
Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated
by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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