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Description 80-G-464130: Repair work done on USS Kearney (DD 432), torpedoed destroyer, lying alongside USS Vulcan (AR-5) in Iceland, December 1941. On 17 October 1941, German submarine U-568 torpedoed and damaged USS Kearny (DD-432) near Iceland, resulting in 11 killed and 22 injured. In May 1942, U-568 was sunk by depth charges dropped by British destroyer HMS Hero and destroyer escorts HMS Eridge and HMS Hurworth. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/02/07).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/32390550040 (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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