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| Keywords: outdoor monochrome Lot-854-1: U.S. Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, USS Fitch (DD 462) noses into heavy seas. Like a submarine about to make a dive, the destroyer knifes her way through a swell that seems about to flood the ship. U.S. Navy photograph released June 22, 1943. Fitch participated in Operation Torch, November 1942; the Normandy Invasion, June 1944, and Operation Dragoon, August 1944, besides operating on convoy duties. Relocating to the Pacific, she was able to witness the Japanese surrender ceremonies on September 2, 1945. Following the war, she trained mine crews and was decommissioned in February 1956, then placed in reserve until sunk in 1973. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/13). Lot-854-1: U.S. Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, USS Fitch (DD 462) noses into heavy seas. Like a submarine about to make a dive, the destroyer knifes her way through a swell that seems about to flood the ship. U.S. Navy photograph released June 22, 1943. Fitch participated in Operation Torch, November 1942; the Normandy Invasion, June 1944, and Operation Dragoon, August 1944, besides operating on convoy duties. Relocating to the Pacific, she was able to witness the Japanese surrender ceremonies on September 2, 1945. Following the war, she trained mine crews and was decommissioned in February 1956, then placed in reserve until sunk in 1973. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/13). | ||||
