USS_LCI(L)-585_USS_LCI(L)-591.jpg


Summary

Description
English: The United States Navy w:large infantry landing craft USS LCI(L)-585 and USS LCI(L)-591 at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, awaiting transfer to the Soviet Navy as a part of w:Project Hula . In the Soviet Navy they became DS-45 and DS-35 , respectively.
Date Spring 1945
Source Scanned from Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan , Washington, D.C.: w:Naval Historical Center , 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1 , page 20.
Author United States Navy photograph via National Archives

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