File:View of close-in rig of USS Manattee (AO-58) while refueling US battleship at sea during Battle of Okinawa, 1945.jpg
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English: Scan of original photograph that shows the view from the USS Manatee (AO-58) and its close-in fueling rig as the oiler replenishes the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) at sea during the Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945. |
| Date | April-June 1945 (during Okinawa campaign) |
| Source | Property of Wikipedia contributor who inherited print from his deceased father, who was a crew member of the USS Manatee (1944-1945) and who was given the photograph while serving aboard the ship. |
| Author | Unidentified crewman aboard the oiler USS Manatee |
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Original photographic print measures 9.25" x 6.9" (23.5cm x 17.5cm); handwritten inscription in ink on reverse by USN Pharmacist's Mate (PhM2) Graham S. Fulghum, Sr., a crew member of the USS Manatee (1944-1945) and a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. Fulghum inscribed the print while at sea in 1945. For security purposes at the time, he omitted in this inscription the identity of the battleship and the ships' location: "This picture is of one of our newest battleships / being refueled at sea. You can't see anything of / the Manatee except the fuel lines. Notice how / rough the water is. We were fueling here and traveling at about 12 knots."
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