File:USS Gannet.jpg

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The U.S. Navy small seaplane tender USS Gannet (AVP-8) at Taku Glacier in 1935. The Gannet had originally been commissioned as a minesweeper (AM-41), but was converted to a small seaplane tender. She was lost on 7 June 1942 after having been torpedoed by the German U-boat U-653 off Bermuda.

Original caption: "Alaska: A Travelogue prepared by the Bureau of Aeronautics and produced by the Slide Film School, Bureau of Navigation, 1935"
Date circa 1935
date QS:P,+1935-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.ir0ngruve.com/fs_gallery/at/pages/DSC_0061_JPG.htm
Author U.S. Navy

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current17:30, 17 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:30, 17 March 2008632 × 396 (77 KB)Bellhalla (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=USS Gannet (AVP-8) at Taku Glacier From: "Alaska: A Travelogue prepared by the Bureau of Aeronautics and produced by the Slide Film School, Bureau of Navigation, 1935" |Source=http://www.ir0ngruve.com/fs_gallery/at/pages/DSC_00

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