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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 51440

USS LST-563
(1944-1945)

Broached on Clipperton Island, Pacific Ocean, circa 22 December 1944.
LST-563 grounded on Clipperton Island on 21 December. Stripped and abandoned following unsuccessful attempts to refloat her, she was stricken from the Navy list on 23 February 1945.
Note her pattern camouflage.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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