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Caption | LST-480 burning in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 May 1944 two days after the West Loch explosion that sank six LSTs. The chain-reaction explosion started on LST-39 whose wreckage is visible off LST-480’s bow. ww2dbase | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | |||||||||||
Date | 23 May 1944 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-276945 | |||||||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 4,227 x 4,558 pixels |
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