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Image: USS Tatum (DE-789) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 February 1944 (80-G-419678)

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Description: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Tatum (DE-789) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 February 1944, enroute to Norfolk, Virginia (USA). She and USS Borum (DE-790) were escorting the escort carrier USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) northward. They had stopped to drop three medical cases at the Naval Operating Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on the previous day. Tatum is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11D.
Title: USS Tatum (DE-789) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 February 1944 (80-G-419678)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-419678 from Navsource.org
Author: U.S. Navy
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