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Marker detail: Explosion of a Torpedoed Tanker

Caption: Marker detail: Explosion of a Torpedoed Tanker
Additional Description:
Two merchant ships are silhouetted by the devastating explosion of a torpedoed tanker or ammunition ship. The fireball rose more than a thousand feet into the night sky.
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On aperçoit la silhouette de deux navires marchands à la lumière de l'explosion d'un navire-citerne, ou ravitailleur en munitions, torpillé. La boule de feu s'est élevée à plus de 300 mètres de hauteur dans le ciel de nuit.

Submitted: April 21, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p581008
File Size: 1.277 Megabytes

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