USS Witter (DE 636), looking to port

USS Witter (DE 636), looking to port

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

A black and white image of the internal damage done to the ship during the plane and bomb attack. Clockwise from the upper left corner, the labels read: "shell; main dk.; 1st plat. blown up; stbd. long'l bhd. bet. frs. 53-59 blown inbd.; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) looking to port, docked in AG 70 off Okinawa, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 11; keel; port bhd. of f.o. tank A-2F; bhd. 59 demolished." There are two men viewing the damage from the upper right corner of the photo. The reverse is stamped "Official photograph; not to be released for publication."

June 1945

Ogrodnik Collection

Photographic print

8 x 10"

CPL-OGRODNIK-011