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Aerial photograph from a USS Ranger plane showing three badly damaged French warships beached at Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942. They were damaged in the Battle of Casablanca 8 Nov 1942

Caption     Aerial photograph from a USS Ranger plane showing three badly damaged French warships beached at Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942. They were damaged in the Battle of Casablanca 8 Nov 1942 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-32400
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Photo Size 5,652 x 3,868 pixels
Photos on Same Day 11 Nov 1942
Photos at Same Place Casablanca, French Morocco
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. 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".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
7 Sep 2016 11:04:55 AM

The destroyer Milan is at right, the burned out destroyer Albatros is in the center, and the light cruiser Primauguet is in the upper center.

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WW2-Era Place Name Casablanca, French Morocco
Lat/Long 33.6028, -7.5935
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