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File:USS Buckley (DE-51) in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, with bow bent by ramming the German submarine U-66 on 6 May 1944.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Buckley (DE-51) in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts (USA), circa in May 1944. Her bow bent is from ramming the German submarine U-66. U-66 was detected by General Motors TBM Avenger of Composite Squadron 55 (VC-55) from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) and sunk by Buckley on 6 May 1944.
Date circa May 1944
date QS:P,+1944-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org
Author U.S. Navy

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