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Seen from off her starboard bow, Valor runs her trials off Rockland, Maine, with a “bone in teeth,” photographed by Sidney L. Cullen of Rockland, 27 February 1942, less than one month before she was placed in service. She carries no armament at this point, and is painted in No.5 Navy Gray, with the red/white/blue/black Mine Force insignia and her identification number in white, shadowed in black.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships Photograph BS 33728, National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD |
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Close-up view of the catastrophic damage inflicted by Richard W. Suesens on 29 June 1944 is visible in this photo of Valor’s starboard bow.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships Photograph BS 69314, National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD |
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While workmen sort through the jumble of wreckage on board, onlookers, who include at least two young boys, watch, perhaps contemplating the human toll of the tragedy.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships Photograph BS 69316, National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD |
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Seven officers and men died in service aboard and remain on duty
