File:USS Block Island (CVE-21) after being torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean, 29 May 1944.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) down by the stern after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-549 in the Atlantic Ocean, 29 May 1944.
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Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-49302 from the USS Block Island (CVE-21) and (CVE-106) 1944-1946 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location31° 13′ 00″ N, 23° 03′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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