File:Greek merchant ship Spyridon afire and sinking in the Mediterrranean Sea on 13 February 1968.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Greek_merchant_ship_Spyridon_afire_and_sinking_in_the_Mediterrranean_Sea_on_13_February_1968.jpg(520 × 379 pixels, file size: 107 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description The Greek merchant ship Spyridon afire and sinking in the Mediterrranean Sea on 13 February 1968. The U.S. Navy ammunition ship USS Suribachi (AE-21) received a SOS-call at 0916 hrs and arrived on scene at 1555 hrs. Three Greek merchant ships and a Soviet Kashin-class guided missle destroyer also responded to the call. The crew was rescued by the Greek ships.
Date
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Suribachi (AE-21) 1968 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing

Public domain
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.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

13 February 1968

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:13, 26 November 2017Thumbnail for version as of 10:13, 26 November 2017520 × 379 (107 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The Greek merchant ship ''Spyridon'' afire and sinking in the Mediterrranean Sea on 13 February 1968. The U.S. Navy ammunition ship USS ''Suribachi'' (AE-21) received a SOS-call at 0916 hrs and arrived...
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):