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Photographs, including reproductions and scans of drawings, illustrations, and images, depicting the U.S. Coast Guard and its five predecessor agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service from the Coast Guard Archives and Special Collections, Coast Guard, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, and other sources (including private individuals and research organizations).

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Images & Photographs
USCGC Spencer battles & sinks the U-175.
240621-G-G0000-009.JPG Photo By: USCG Historian's Office (& NARA)

North Atlantic - Official Caption: "COAST GUARD CUTTER SINKS SUB: Last sight of the doomed German U-Boat that the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER'S crew see is the bow disappearing below the North Atlantic. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter DUANE is shown at the right. The DUANE screened her sister ship, the SPENCER, from possible attack by another U-Boat during the battle." Date: 17 April 1943 (Note on the back of the photo notes: "Not to be released for publication or announced to the public before 10:00 A.M. Eastern War-Time, June 2nd."); Photo No.: 1549 Photographer: Jack January Source - NARA


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