USS Bristol (DD-453)
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USS Bristol was a Bristol class destroyer, later absorbed into the Gleaves class, of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol. She was launched 25 July 1941 by Federal Shipb
USS Bristol (DD-453) off the Brooklyn Navy Yard in January 1943.
Remains of the Italian Navy armed train ("treno armato") T.A. 76/2/T (it).
German submarine U-371
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German submarine U-371 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 17 November 1939 in Kiel, launched on 27 January 1941, and commissioned
USS Bristol (DD-453)
…October 1943, while escorting a convoy to Oran, Algeria, Bristol was struck on the port side at the forward engine room by a single torpedo from U-boat U-371 commanded by Waldemar Mehl. Bristol was broken in half by the single explosion. No fires resulted, but steam, electrical power, and communications were…
A cross-section of a Type VIIC submarine