Photo #: NH 105657
USS LCI(R)-763
Beached in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged
that port in October 1945.
Photographed in November 1945. Considered not worth salvaging
because of the end of World War II, this ship was stricken from
the Navy List in January 1946 and sold in November 1947.
Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated
by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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