Photo #: SC 193612 Cherbourg, France View of Slipway Number One, looking toward Basin Napoleon III, with the Passe Nord in the background, 4 July 1944, shortly after the Allies captured the city. Note the capstan and old cannon used as bollards at the head of the slipway, and the effects of German harbor demolition efforts in the distance. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 145KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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23 February 2004