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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 103610-KN (color)
USNS Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell (T-AK-275)
In San Juan Bay, California, after she had sustained heavy hull
damage in a 29 December 1973 collision. Note the very large hole
in her port side, aft.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is astern of Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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