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Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner steaming in the Atlantic, 6 Sep 1943. Note torpedo tubes between the stacks and three sets of Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.

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Caption     Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner steaming in the Atlantic, 6 Sep 1943. Note torpedo tubes between the stacks and three sets of Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Atlantic Ocean
Date 6 Sep 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-84344
 
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Photos on Same Day 6 Sep 1943
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 5,656 x 4,225 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 Jul 2019 02:11:15 PM

On 3 Jan 1944, while anchored off Ambrose Light at the entrance to New York Harbor, USS Turner suffered several magazine explosions attributed to faulty Mousetrap contact fuses and sank with 138 crewmen.

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