Photo #: NH 105654-A USS YF-1079 (in the center middle distance) Aground in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. The stores issue barge YF-1079 was the portion of USS LST-39 that was salvaged after the LST was sunk by the ammunition explosions in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, on 21 May 1944. In front of her is the middle portion of USS Nestor (ARB-6), and in the foreground is the stern of LCI(R)-337. This image is cropped from Photo # NH 105654. Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Image posted 28 May 2008