Photo #: 80-G-231959 Normandy Invasion, June 1944 Minesweepers exploding mines in the boat channel across the Cardonnet Bank, off "Utah" Beach on the morning of "D-Day", 6 June 1944. These minesweepers all appear to be of the YMS-type. Photographed from USS Quincy (CA-71). For a narrower-angle version of this image, see Photo # 231649. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 616 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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18 December 2003