USS St. Paul bracketed

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-02574.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-02574
Title: USS St. Paul bracketed
Description: Original caption: "Over 100 shells from enemy coastal batteries bracketed the U.S. Seventh Fleet heavy cruiser, USS St. Paul while on an offshore mission, along the North Vietnamese coast. The ship returned the fire with her 8-inch and destroyed one enemy gun emplacement, damaged another, and still managed to destroy her original target." Explosions in the water, with a shoreline and mountains seen in the background. The side of a boat is in the foreground.
Date: 1967, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th; Saint Paul (Cruiser); Bombings
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F3
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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