World War II Photograph from Battle of the Atlantic

World War II Photograph: USS Menges (DE-320), her stern blown off by a Nazi torpedo in the Mediterrean in May of 1944. Workmen grafted the stern of another torpedoed destroyer, USS Holder (DE-401), to her as it rested in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard during the grafting operation.

USS Menges (DE-320), her stern blown off by a Nazi torpedo in the Mediterrean in May of 1944. Workmen grafted the stern of another torpedoed destroyer, USS Holder (DE-401), to her as it rested in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard during the grafting operation. (06/13/45)

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