USS Witter (DE 636), forward starboard damage

USS Witter (DE 636), forward starboard damage

USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming

A black and white image showing the damage to the ship from the plane and bomb attack. Labeled in white in the lower right corner: "U.S.S. Witter (DE 636); viewing fwd. stbd. shell showing damage caused by plane crash + bomb explosions; docked in AG 70 off Okinawa; taken June 1945; P.N.Y. No. 1621-45; photo No. 3." The ship appears to be in dry dock, sitting atop steel beams. There are several people standing around the beams, and one person on deck of the Witter. [The image is a bit warped, which appears in the digitized version as orange-red streaks.] The reverse of the photo is stamped "Official photograph; not to be released for publication."

June 1945

Ogrodnik Collection

Photographic print

8 x 10"

CPL-OGRODNIK-006