Escort Carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic photographed 10 Aug 1943 amid the large oil slick left by German submarine U-664, sunk by Card aircraft the day before.

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Caption     Escort Carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic photographed 10 Aug 1943 amid the large oil slick left by German submarine U-664, sunk by Card aircraft the day before. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Atlantic Ocean
Date 10 Aug 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource
Identification Code   80-G-74187
 
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Photos on Same Day 10 Aug 1943
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,006 x 712 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
28 Oct 2021 04:34:45 PM

The large shadow that appears to be covering most of the ship is either damage to the print from which this image was scanned or is the shadow of the camera against the inside of the glass canopy this photograph is taken through. Either way, it wasn’t there surrounding the ship at the time.

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