DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
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Photo #: NH 44311
USS Glennon (DD-620), at right
After her stern was blown off by a mine, off Normandy on 8 June
1944.
USS Rich (DE-695), a U.S. PT boat, a British motor launch,
and a U.S. "Auk" class minesweeper are standing by.
Rich soon hit another mine, which also destroyed her stern,
and was then sunk by a third mine.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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