Photo #: 80-G-328469 USS Thornton (AVD-11) In Kerama Retto harbor, Ryukyus, circa mid-April 1945, with a fleet tug (ATF) alongside. Thornton had been heavily damaged on 5 April 1945 in a collision with USS Ashtabula (AO-51) and USS Escalante (AO-70). Note the deep vertical gash in her starboard side, amidships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image posted 2 June 2006
Caption corrected 21 September 2006