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| Keywords: USS Nestor Wreck.jpg Ocelot IX-110 aground in Buckner Bay Okinawa with her stern severed by Nestor ARB-6 after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945 Nestor's bow is in the center of this photo After a desperate struggle to save their ship while not colliding with others the crew of Nestor took refuge in USS APL-14 visible beyond her against which her stern had been crushed All three of these ships were stricken from the Navy List in January 1946 and sold in 1947-48 1945-11 US Navy photo NH 105655 from the US Naval History and Heritage Command collection of Dr Richard Raymond Gratton 1915-1990 donated by his daughter Barbara Gratton Stillwater 2008 Digital version obtained from http //www navsource org/archives/09/26/2606 htm US Navy PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard USS Ocelot IX-110 Nestor ship 1944 Ships built in Florida Ships built in 1919 Shipwrecks in Japan Ships built in 1944 | ||||
