
Caption | US Coast Guard crew of cutter Spencer watched as a depth charge exploded near U-175, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Photographer | Jack January | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 26-G-1517 | ||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 17 Apr 1943 | ||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
Added Date | 11 Oct 2006 | ||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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I would like to republish the photo in a familymemoir. My father Neil MacDonald DSC was an officer on HMS Icarus that played a part in the sinking