File:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) arrives at Tacoma in April 1973.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) arrives at Tacoma, Washington (USA), to be scrapped, April 1973. While under tow en route, the Bunker Hill was rammed and damaged by a Greek tanker, hence the damage to the bow area. Note that she still wears the small hull number "17" on the bows.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 89304 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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