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Underway, March 17 1944. |
Roy Cordell © National Archives. |
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USS Defense (AM-317) Web Site |
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USS Defense (AM-317) Web Site |
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c.1952, shortly after recommissioning for Korean War service. US Navy Photo NH 96912 |
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8 October 1952. Laertes (AR-20) at Sasebo, Japan with nine minesweepers and a harbor tug alongside. Ships nested to left of Laertes are (from left):
Impeccable (AM-320);
Gladiator (AM-319);
Shoveler (AM-382);
Defense (AM-317) and
Devastator (AM-318).
Those nested to right are (from left):
Condor (AMS-5);
Kite (AMS-22);
Curlew (AMS-8);
Chatterer (AMS-40),and
Wallacut (YTB-420)
US Navy Photo 80-G-63229. Now in the collections of the National Archives.
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