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Description 80-G-K-1837 (Color). British Landing Ship Infantry (Large). Steaming toward Mers-el-Kebir harbor, Algeria, circa July 1943. The city of Oran is in the left distance. This is one of several large amphibious transports converted from commercial passenger liners for use by the Royal Navy. It appears to be streaming a barrage balloon. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/19060198391 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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