USS Suwanee Burns at Sea
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USS Suwanee Burns at Sea

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

USS Suwanee Burns at Sea

October 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.3 x 24 cm (6 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0026
Inscriptions verso (typed in blue): [inscription mostly hidden under the trace of paper that was previously adhered to verso]
(typed on attached sheet): CAUTION! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE DATE! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE FOR 9 AM, FRIDAY, APRIL 6. / 1945 / SEE ALSO PHOTO 25720 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM U.S. NAVY / FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / USS SUWANEE BURNS AT SEA / HIT BY THREE ENEMY BOMBS IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE / GULF ON OCTOBER 24-26, 1944, THE USS SUWANEE, / DESPITE FIRE AND BOMB DAMAGE, RETURNED TO / BREMERTON, WASH., FOR REPAIRS AT THE PUGET . SOUND NAVY YARD. / WATCH RELEASE FOR 9AM, FRIDAY, APRIL / 6, 1945. SEE ALSO PHOTO 25720 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / HVL 4-4-45 [illeg.]15A USN-PL-WX / ABC LIST GD NYW MON TOR TMC PA MEX
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