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Description The U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Aludra (AK-72) circa late 1942 or early 1943. Note her deck cargo of four Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters and several landing craft. Aludra was a Crater-class cargo ship and was sunk by the Japanese submarine RO-103 south of Guadalcanal on 23 June 1943.
Date between 1942 and 1943
date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 104025, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command [1]
Author USN

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