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| Keywords: USS Hambleton (DD-455) at the Boston Navy Yard in 1943.jpg The torpedoed U S Navy destroyer USS Hambleton DD-455 at the Boston Navy Yard Massachusetts USA As she lay anchored by USS Winooski AO-38 off Fedala Morocco in the evening of 11 November 1942 Hambleton was struck amidships on the port side by a torpedo fired by the German U-boat U 173 The crippled ship was towed to Casablanca for temporary repairs U S Navy Seabees there cut the ship in two removed a 12 m section of her damaged hull then joined the two remaining halves together Escorted by a tug Hambleton reached Boston 28 June 1943 for permanent repairs Note that the destroyer has been cut in two pieces again 7326759 ca 1943-07 Department of the Navy First Naval District Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration Office of the Historical Officer PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Hambleton DD-455 Boston Navy Yard | ||||
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