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1942 USS Lafayette (SS Normandie) Burning in NYC
A aerial view of the USS LAFAYETTE (ex- SS NORMANDIE) burning in New York City while the passenger liner was undergoing conversion to a troopship. Aerial photo dated February 9th 1942. Original is in CDR Steward Graham papers, U.S. Coast Guard Special Collections Archive.

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office |  VIRIN: 220309-G-G0000-005.JPG