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Caption | Men working in the control room aboard USS Wahoo, 27 Jan 1943 while at 300 feet during a depth charge attack by a Japanese destroyer. They had taken 6 depth charges and were awaiting more. ww2dbase | ||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Pacific Ocean | ||||
Date | 27 Jan 1943 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via navsource.org | ||||
Identification Code | 80-G-38602 | ||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 1,280 x 993 pixels |
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LtCdr Dudley Morton, Wahoo's commanding officer, reported this action as: "Another running gun fight ... destroyer gunning ... Wahoo running." The shaved head on the crewman on the right is a product of an Equator Line-Crossing ceremony three days earlier.