Sujet
The troop carrier, USS President Coolidge goes down in the harbor at Espiritu Santo in the South Pacific after hittng a friendly mine.
Légende
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu: October 26, 1942.
The troop carrier, USS President Coolidge goes down in the harbor at Espiritu Santo in the South Pacific after hittng a friendly mine. She had previously been a luxury liner of the Dollar Steamship Line, and was converted for the war. The captain had not been told of the mines in the harbor. There were two casualties out of the 5340 men aboard.
Crédit
Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A23_265
Model release
Non
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,8Mo (1,4Mo) / 39,9cm x 40,6cm / 4718 x 4800 (300dpi)