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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo # NH 106565

USS Core
(CVE-13)

USS Core underway in the Atlantic, probably on 10 October 1943.
The wing of the plane from which the photograph was taken is in the foreground.
Note also that the planes of her air group are painted white and gull grey to make them difficult for U-boats to see against the sky.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Online Image: 117KB; 900 x 765

 

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    Image Posted 22 October 2009