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Summary
DescriptionLt. Cdr Joseph B. Smyth, first commander of USS Manatee 1944-1945.jpg
English: Photographic print of Lieutenant Commander Joseph P. Smyth, first commanding officer of the USS Manatee; image taken at sea aboard AO-58, June 1944.
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Source
Original print owned by Wikipedia contributor whose deceased father was a crew member of the Manatee and who was given the print while serving on board the AO-58, April 1944-October 1945.
Author
Unidentified crewman of USS Manatee took photograph.
Original print, 5.25" x 6.75" (13.3 cm x 17.1 cm); inscription on reverse handwritten in ink in 1944 by USS Manatee crewman PHM2 Graham S. Fulghum, Sr.: "The Captain -/ Lt. Comdr. J. B. Smyth - a / fine man also." No other markings on the print.
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.