USS_Omaha_(CL-4)_with_German_blockade_runner_Odenwald,_6_November_1941_(NH_49935).jpg
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Summary
Photographer |
Photographed from USS
Somers
(DD-381)
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Description |
English:
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS
Omaha
(CL-4), in right center, standing by the German blockade runner
Odenwald
, which had a U.S. boarding party on board, in the South Atlantic, 6 November 1941.
Odenwald
was disguised as the U.S. merchantman SS
Willmoto
and the crew tried unsuccessfully to scuttle the ship.
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Depicted place | Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
6 November 1941
date QS:P571,+1941-11-06T00:00:00Z/11
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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Accession number |
NH 49935
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Source | U.S. Navy photo NH 49935 |
Licensing
This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
NH 49935
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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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