Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds.

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Caption     Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Atlantic Ocean
Date 6 Jul 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 731 x 513 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
28 Oct 2021 04:56:24 PM

Note that Kapitänleutnant Steen’s shroud is covered with the chaplain’s pennant rather than the flag of any nation.

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