Photo #: 80-G-328478 USS Thornton (AVD-11), at left Is towed into Kerama Retto harbor, Ryukyu Islands, by a fleet tug (ATF), circa 14 April 1945. 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. LCT-1409 is passing by in the foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 615 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