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Photo #: NH 45258

U.S. Navy Minesweepers and Submarine Chasers at Stavanger, Norway, 1919


While taking part in clearing the North Sea mine barrage, "The fleet put in(to) Stavanger, a bustling town in Norway, made prosperous by the war." (quoted from the original 1919 vintage caption).
USS Woodcock (Minesweeper # 14) is in the foreground. In the left background are (from front to rear): USS SC-356, USS SC-40, USS Eider (Minesweeper # 17), USS Sanderling (Minesweeper # 37) - probable identification, USS Auk (Minesweeper # 38) and an unidentified minesweeper.

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3 December 2004