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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-277216

Soudha Bay, Crete


Ships of the Sixth Task Fleet anchored in Soudha Bay, 16 April 1947, photographed from USS Leyte (CV-32). The snowy peaks at left are the Madaras Mountains.
Ships present are (from left to right):
USS Providence (CL-82);
USS Dayton (CL-105); and
USS Purdy (DD-734) -- only stern is visible.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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18 June 2003