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English: The United States flag is lowered aboard United States Navy large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, as they are decommissioned for immediate transfer to the Soviet Navy as a part of Project Hula. Redesignated desantiye suda (DS) ("landing ship") in the Soviet Navy, they took part in Soviet operations against Japanese forces in northern Korea in August-September 1945.
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Source Scanned from Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, page 24. Caption information from same source.
Author United States Navy photo via National Archives

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