Photo #: NH 105655
USS Ocelot (IX-110), at left
Aground in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, with her stern severed by USS
Nestor (ARB-6), after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port
in October 1945. Nestor's bow is in the center of this
photo.
Photographed in November 1945. After a desperate struggle to
save their ship while not colliding with others, the crew of
Nestor took refuge in APL-14, visible beyond her,
against which her stern had been crushed. All three of these
ships were stricken from the Navy List in January 1946 and sold
in 1947-48.
Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated
by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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