The escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) was torpedoed by a German submarine while engaged in hunter-killer operations in the Atlantic Ocean, May 29, 1944. Block Island was the only U.S. aircraft carrier lost in the Atlantic during World War II.
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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