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| Allied supply dumps on fire, Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 15 Jul 1942 | Commissioning ceremony of USS Sunfish, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Jul 1942; note submarine Tunny alongside | The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 15 Jul 1942. Here an F4F-4 Wildcat fighter crashed into the sea when approaching the carrier for a landing; pilot rescued. | US tanker Pennsylvania Sun burning after being torpedoed by German submarine U-571 in the Gulf of Mexico, 15 Jul 1942 |
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