Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner steaming in the Atlantic, 6 Sep 1943. Note torpedo tubes between the stacks and three sets of Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.

Caption     Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner steaming in the Atlantic, 6 Sep 1943. Note torpedo tubes between the stacks and three sets of Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-84344
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Photo Size 5,656 x 4,225 pixels
Photos on Same Day 6 Sep 1943
Photos at Same Place Atlantic Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 Jul 2019 02:11:15 PM

On 3 Jan 1944, while anchored off Ambrose Light at the entrance to New York Harbor, USS Turner suffered several magazine explosions attributed to faulty Mousetrap contact fuses and sank with 138 crewmen.

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