Caption | Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
Photographer | William G. Roy | ||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-32321 | ||||||||||||
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Photos in Series | See all photos in this series | ||||||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 6 Jun 1942 | ||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. C. Peter Chen says:
16 Apr 2019 05:19:47 AM
To Anonymous of 14 Apr 2019: Thank you for your comment. The "sinking" is a description used for the progression over the series of photos shown here:
https://ww2db.com/photo.php?list=sp&sp=series&image_id=22614
This particular photo is the end of the sequence of photos, thus "sunk" indeed.
16 Apr 2019 05:19:47 AM
To Anonymous of 14 Apr 2019: Thank you for your comment. The "sinking" is a description used for the progression over the series of photos shown here:
https://ww2db.com/photo.php?list=sp&sp=series&image_id=22614
This particular photo is the end of the sequence of photos, thus "sunk" indeed.
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14 Apr 2019 05:00:32 AM
It's not sinking. It's sunk!