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Image: USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945

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Description: The U.S. Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Drexler (DD-741) at sea being refueled by the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in the Caribbean Sea, 19 February 1945. On 28 May 1945 Drexler was sunk off Okinawa by two kamikazes. Her casualties were 158 dead and 52 wounded.
Title: USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945
Credit: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1986.014.017 [1]
Author: U.S. Navy
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