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Description Lot 11559-30: Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Navy blimp takes part in the rescue of torpedoed merchantman survivors. An officer reaches up to catch food, coffee and water lowered by a line from the Navy non-rigid airship. The lifeboat was first sighted by U.S. Army plane, which notified the Navy’s blimp patrol. The blimp in turn stood by until a Coast Guard Cutter could show up and take the survivors ashore. Office of War Information photograph. (2016/01/29).
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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@N06/24382665459 (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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