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English: While taking part in clearing the North Sea mine barrage, "The fleet put in (to) Stavanger, a bustling town in Norway, made prosperous by the war." (quoted from the original 1919 vintage caption). Woodcock is in the foreground. In the left background are (from front to rear): USS SC-356, USS SC-40, USS Eider (Minesweeper No. 17), USS Sanderling (Minesweeper No. 37) - probable identification, USS Auk (Minesweeper No. 38) and an unidentified minesweeper.

U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York

U.S. Navy photo NH 99789
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Source http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02014.htm
Author U. S. Navy photo


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