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English: Smoke rises from the wreck of USS LST-480, at right, as tugs and other craft try to put out her fires.

At left is USS LST-39, also burning, with men on her bow ramp, probably removing cargo, and other vessels alongside and nearby.

Photograph is dated 22 May 1944, the day after the explosion.
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/s100000/s185701c.htm
Author SC 185701, Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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21 May 1944