Photo #: SC 185701 Pearl Harbor LST Explosion, 21 May 1944 Smoke rises from the wreck of USS LST-480, at right, as tugs and other craft try to put out her fires. At left is USS LST-39, also burning, with men on her bow ramp, probably removing cargo, and other vessels alongside and nearby. Photograph is dated 22 May 1944, the day after the explosion. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image posted 1 June 2006