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Coast Guard load "superbombs" on a ship at Hog Island
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- Street Address
- Hog Island
- Date Created
- June 1 1945
- Description
- Caption in newspaper reads: "Six tons of sudden death. This is the first photograph to be released of the secret six-ton superbomb made in the United States for use by Britain's Royal Air Force. It is shown being loaded on a ship at Hog Island, on of the greatest munition load depots of the European war.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection (V7: 2780 /1917-1945/ Philadelphia- Hog Island)
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