Another trio of kamikazes bore in, two were downed but the third slammed into the starboard side of the hull, its bomb would break the back of the Colhoun, snuff out boilers, and opened a huge gash on the side of the ship to the sea. She was repaired and back in action within a few days.[3]. Another shell passed under one of her Bofors guns, tearing the face off of one of her crew. USS LCI(L)-497 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 00:33. Sixteen men were lost on St. Louis and 43 wounded. USSNatoma Bay(CVE-62) was operating off Okinawa when at 06:35, on 7 June 1945, after having maneuvered through typhoon weather, Natoma Bay was closed by an A6M Zero, broad on the port quarter and low on the water. Severely damaged in a storm. USS LCT(5)-362 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. A Japanese plane dove down out of the cloud cover and hit the water close aboard to the Claxton, its bomb detonating in the water. During the savage storm which at times had winds in excess of one hundred forty miles per hour, Spence was helplessly tossed about in the huge waves. USSLittle(DD-79) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies and reinforcements to Guadalcanal when at 01:00 on 5 September 1942, Little and her sister ship Gregory encountered three Japanese destroyers of the "Tokyo Express". Rear Admiral Callaghan's task group maneuvered to intercept in what became the first engagement in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes and friendly fire from. USSSan Francisco(CA-38) was protecting unloading transports near Lunga Point, Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942 when a group of Japanese torpedo bombers attacked at 14:08. In the opening attack of the famous Battle of Leyte Gulf, Darter attacked and sunk the heavy cruiser Atago with four torpedoes, which turned out to be Admiral Kurita's flagship of the Center Force. USSNashville(CL-43) was shelling Vila airfield on Kolombangara when on the night of 12 May, she suffered a powder charge explosion in one of her forward turrets, killing 18 and injuring 17. USS LST-493 destroyed after grounding while attempting to enter Plymouth Harbor, England, 12 April 1945. The next strike was cancelled, but the following one, against Miayako Shima, took place as scheduled at 10:30. Maryland was repaired and placed in reserve after the war until she was scrapped in 1959. Sunk after running aground during a storm. The submarine was ordered to change her patrol area north of Iwo Jima on 9 November which she acknowledged. USSBorie(DD-215) was hunting German U-boat "U405" on 1 November 1943 when the submarine surfaced and the vessels engaged each other with gunfire. The casualties for 2526 October were 107 dead and 160 wounded. Between December 1941 and September 1945, over 350 U.S. Navy warships and patrol craft were sunk or damaged beyond repair. Japanese records indicate the only submarine action occurring on 3 April, which was attacked with depth charges from destroyers and a plane until an oil slick developed. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American . USSHambleton(DD-455) was participating in the Operation Torch landings when on the evening of 11 November 1942 the ship was hit by a torpedo from German submarine U-173 on her portside amidships. At 03:13, Radford's radar picked up a contact some 5,000 yards away, and confirmed it was Helena's bow pointing up out of the water. Of a crew of three hundred and thirty six, only twenty four were rescued. The plane hit the ship's aft quarter, and penetrated two decks before its bomb exploded, killing 13 and wounding 44, and knocking out her rear turrets. USS YC-898 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. DCH-1 (IX-44) (ex-Walker) scuttled by gunfire from oiler USSNeches(AO-5) while under tow from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 December 1941. Salvaged and repaired. Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 0910'S, 15945'E Off Savo Island, Solomons. Strange ships entering the harbor!" The ship immediately began to sink, taking the lives of eighty-four men down with her. The submarine was never heard from again. One shell passed through the flight deck and into the communications area, where it destroyed all the radar and radio equipment. Ammunition ship. The crew lost twelve men killed and another twenty-nine wounded by the kamikaze hit. During her participation in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, she was hit by one bomb during a dive bomber attack which landed on the roof of the main turret. This is a list of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II. Despite the damage, Louisville continued bombarding enemy positions and shot down several planes before she put in for repairs. Once outside the harbor of Balboa, Panama, PC-460 sent a visual message informing the escort was about turn around and return to port, but unfortunately only S-21 saw the signal. Up to 900 men initially survived the sinking, but many succumbed to shark attacks, dehydration, and salt poisoning as they awaited . Fires were quickly extinguished and within 24 hours the ship was back in action. Although the ship fired on the enemy plane, it came within 500 yards and dropped a torpedo which struck the ship on her portside. USSUtah(AG-16) capsized after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped "Taffy 1". 81 crew were killed during the night's action. The last known communication between Snook and friendly forces was on 8 April, after which the submarine and her crew disappeared and were never seen or heard from again. USSQuincy(CA-39) While on patrol in the channel between Florida Island and Savo Island, in the early hours of 9 August, Quincy was attacked by a large Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island. As the ship sank, her depth charges which had been set to safety detonated causing a severe underwater explosion that killed and wounded many sailors in the water. USS YSP-45 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSRenshaw(DD-499) was escorting landing craft through Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea on 21 February 1945 when she was targeted by a Japanese midget submarine that hit her with a torpedo. Although the fires were extinguished, seven men had been killed, thirty-three wounded and there were serious concerns for the integrity of the ship's hull. PT-347 destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft, mistaken identification, near Cape Pomas, New Britain Island, 29 April 1944. At first glance, the England (named for John England, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor) was not an impressive vessel. With the keel having been broken by the second and third hit, the girders that supported the hull structure began to buckle, collapsing the entire structure amidships and breaking the hull in half. Sunk by collision with USS. Damage was minimal and the ship remained on duty in the South Pacific. She survived over 40 huge explosions of her own munitions but was able to make it back to the states under her own power, despite suffering 798 killed and 487 wounded. USSDe Haven(DD-469) was escorting landing craft near Guadalcanal on 1 February 1943 when her group was attacked by six Japanese planes. While attempting to navigate through the Sunda Strait the two cruisers ran into a Japanese invasion task force with 5 cruisers and 12 destroyers around 23:30. American Ships Sunk at Pearl Harbor October 20, 2016 There were 100 commissioned warships and service auxiliary ships that were present at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked. USSJuneau(CL-52) was engaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942, firing on an enemy destroyer when she was hit by a torpedo on her port side from Amatsukaze causing flooding and a severe list. On 29 November 1944, St. Louis was operating in Leyte Gulf when she was attacked by several kamikazes. Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner. The ship's secondary command post, Battle Two, was burned out but was reestablished by dark. The explosion heavily damaged David W. Taylor causing flooding, and the crew suffered four men killed. Not one man from the salvage crew lost his life. USSDownes(DD-375) was in drydock next to Cassin at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the base was attacked by a huge Japanese airstrike. Three men had been killed and another twenty wounded as several compartments flooded aft. Another thirty-four were seriously wounded. Its 220-lb bomb penetrated the ship, but only the booster charge went off, causing slight damage. The submarine was never heard from again and was reported as lost by the Navy on 16 February 1945. USS PE-56 sunk by German submarine U-853 off Portland, Maine, 23 April 1945. YP-97 lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Pensacola turned left to prevent collision with two damaged American ships ahead of her. Perhaps as a result of the concentrated fire, it then plunged down, striking below the bridge at the waterline, tearing a 9ft by 17.5ft hole, destroying the junior officers' quarters. USSTucker(DD-374) was escorting a cargo ship into Espiritu Santo on 4 August 1942 when as she was heading in through the western entrance, the ship struck a friendly mine. USSPartridge(ATO-138) sunk after being torpedoed by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. The submarine was never seen or heard from again after leaving Midway, and was reported as "presumed lost" on 26 July 1944. USS SC-984 grounded off New Hebrides, 9 April 1944. The two ships exchanged fire; Ralph Talbot was hit four times which killed 12 men and wounded several more. USSR-12(SS-89) was training new submariners in conducting a torpedo practice approach off Key West, Florida on 12 June 1943. USSEssex(CV-9) was hit by a low-flying kamikaze along the port edge of her flight deck on 25 November 1944. Severely damaged by enemy action and not repaired. The ship was split in half by an enormous explosion and sank at 14:59, taking one hundred eight crew down with her. The ship temporarily lost power and had to be towed away until she was able to extinguish fires and proceed under her own power back to the states for repairs. She was repaired, refitted at Puget Sound, and rejoined the fleet in 1942. USS YC-647 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. At 10:50 hours, a formation of nine Japanese Navy Zero kamikaze planes attacked in the first organized suicide attack of the war. Turning to the right to avoid Quincy's fire at about 0201, Astoria reeled as a succession of enemy shells struck her aft of the foremast. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1959. A total of seventy-eight men were lost with Tang. USSPlunkett(DD-431) was acting as a screen for transports landing at Cape Anzio on 24 January 1944 when she came under attack by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-88 bombers at 1738. The cruiser took such a list to port that it appeared she might capsize. Kendrick would have to be towed back to the states and was out of action until February 1944. She was raised and underwent major reconstruction to modernize the ship, rejoining the fleet in May 1944. She lost power and suffered broken steam lines. USS LST-333 sunk by German submarine U-593 off Dellys, Algeria, 22 June 1943. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. USSGudgeon(SS-211) set off for her twelfth patrol of the war on 4 April 1944, stopping for fuel at Johnston Island before proceeding to the northern Marianas Islands area. A four-degree list was quickly corrected by shifting ballast, but the steering problem could not be overcome and the ship was forced to steam in circles to starboard. PT-493 destroyed by Japanese warships, Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944. Probably destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the, No sources have been found which confirm the fate of. Hank put up a furious barrage of defensive fire which caused the kamikaze pilot to miss his target, splashing the sea just a few yards away and exploding. The ship would return to the war to participate in the Okinawa campaign. The blast had enough force to rupture a fire main, sever electrical cables, and even eject depth charges from the bomb bays of the Avengers stored within the hangar deck. While dueling with the cruiser Nagara, Gwin took a shell hit in her engine room while another shell struck her fantail. The first plane was blasted by gunfire and landed in the sea less than seventy-five yards away. Severely damaged and beached by Typhoon Louise and destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946. The second plane hit the sea just a few yards from the carrier. McKean was engulfed in raging fire aft of the first smoke stack and sinking by the stern when order to abandon was given at 03:55. She lies in 400ft of water, 3 miles west of Lunga Point. PT-107 destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island, 18 June 1944. 11 of her crew were killed and 4 others wounded. Eventually, however, the deck beneath grew hot and forced the wounded back to the forecastle. USS YSP-41 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. PT-33 grounded in enemy waters, 15 December 1941, and destroyed to prevent capture, Cape Santiago, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 December 1941. It then veered into her flight deck on the forward starboard side. Although damage did not threaten the integrity of the hull, extensive damage required her to retire from the gulf. Shortly before midnight, the American ships sprung their trap on the surprised Japanese and a thunderous gun fight ensued. USSSeawolf(SS-197) was on her fifteenth patrol of the war; carrying Army personnel to Samar in preparation for the upcoming Liberation of the Philippines. The stern sank first shortly followed by the bow within 12 minutes. The Cassin would return to service by April 1944. The submarine was scheduled to pass through the heavily mined Balabac Strait south of Palawan before heading to the Natuna Islands. On 24 August, the Navy reported Bullhead as missing and presumed lost. USS LCI(G)-459 sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 19 September 1944. USSTruxtun(DD-229) was acting as escort on 18 Feb 1942 off St. Lawrence, Newfoundland when at 04:10 she ran aground amid a storm and immediately broke in half. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. USSRandolph(CV-15) was hit by a Japanese twin-engine "Frances" type flying level on the starboard side. Merchant Marine in WWII. On 13 July 1943 during the Battle of Kolombangara, Gwin was turning with formation to bring all main batteries to bear on four enemy destroyers, when the Japanese ships released a salvo of over 30 torpedoes at the Americans. The Patterson rejoined the war in March 1944. The tremendous explosion buckled the stricken Abele , breaking her in two. On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island at 14:15. Despite putting up a fierce storm of anti-aircraft fire downing four planes in the process; Cony was suffered at least two hits on the main deck that killed eight and wounded ten. USSArgonaut(SM-1) was on her third patrol of the war along the south-east coast of New Britain Island when on 10 January 1943, she intercepted a convoy of enemy ships from Rabaul. This incident was regarded by the Navy as the destruction of the Swordfish, but there are no collaborative Japanese reports to verify that a depth charge attack was made anywhere near where Kete was operating. Only two men were able to get out of the submarine alive before S-44 slipped beneath the waves. She was scrapped in 1959 after years in mothball. PT-301 damaged by explosion in port and scrapped, Mios Woendi, New Guinea, On 29 January 1943 while escorting a convoy south of Guadalcanal her task force came under repeated air attacks from Japanese G4M and G3M torpedo bombers in what would be known as the Battle of Rennell Island. How many US ships were sunk by Japan in World War 2? After the war, Honolulu would be mothballed and sold for scrap in 1959. The bomb penetrated into her aft aircraft elevator, and detonating within the hangar bay, some 5ft below the flight deck. 8 men were killed and 16 wounded. USSKitkun Bay(CVE-71) had been dodging shells from Japanese cruisers off Samar on the morning of 25 October 1944 when her task force "Taffy 3" was hit by suicide planes. USS LST-376 sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. Fired from an enemy battleship, the large-caliber shell (14-inch or 16-inch) struck the starboard side of the hangar deck just abaft the forward elevator. USS YCF-59 lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. USSFanshaw Bay(CVE-70) was supporting the invasion of Saipan when on 17 June 1944 when at 18:52, a Japanese bomber made a run for Fanshaw Bay, dropping a 250lb bomb as it flew 1,500ft above the carrier. The war would end before the destroyer could return to action, and Bryant would sit in reserve for thirty years before scrapping. Although outnumbered and outgunned, the small old ship opened fire on the enemy ships until hit by a barrage of shells which set Little ablaze, and caused her to quickly sink. 10 men were killed and 8 were wounded. 6 gun mount, and exploded in the midships living compartment. At 09:30, the enemy fleet suddenly broke off action and turned northward. She was the last Allied ship sunk by a kamikaze attack during World War II. Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow. Warning! The torpedo struck behind the after engine room, and detonated the ship's bomb magazine, causing a devastating explosion that engulfed the ship and sent shrapnel flying as far as 5,000 yards (4,600m) away. (The Japanese also inflicted a toll on . The ship returned to the states for repairs shortly afterward. New Orleans was forced into a reverse course to starboard and lost steering and communications. She was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. Two men were killed and fifteen wounded although damage was minor. During the Okinawa campaign in 1945, she suffered her final wartime damage from an explosion that occurred while loading ammunition which killed three men. Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. 2 vols. According to the War Shipping Administration, the U.S. USSSkill(AM-115) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-593 south of Capri, Italy, 25 September 1943. She arrived there still aflame. In moments the report came "Both engine rooms are black and dead.". Fires raged through the riddled escort carrier, and she capsized at 09:07 and sank at 09:11. USSEmmons(DD-457) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes attacked the American ships. Ex-USSRochester(CA-2) scuttled as a block ship in Subic Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 24 December 1941. Lo: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October 1944 by kamikaze aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf. The majority of her nearly 800 survivors were rescued two days later by landing and patrol craft dispatched from Leyte Gulf. Sank the next day. This book has a complete list in the back of . Williamsburg VA: Mill Neck Publications, 1997. USS YF-177 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSAtik(AK-101) sunk while deployed as a Q-Ship (warship disguised as a merchantman) in a battle with German submarine U-123 in the North Atlantic, 26 March 1942. USSMayrant(DD-402) was conducting anti-aircraft duties off Palermo, Italy on 26 May 1943 when she was attacked by German dive bombers. Concrete barge. USS YC-644 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The damage was negligible and Texas continued to fire back at the Germans. USSEdsall(DD-219) was responding to distress calls from USS Pecos near Java on 1 Mar 1942 when she stumbled upon Kido Butai; Japan's fast carrier force escorted by two battleships. USS LCI(L)-1065 sunk off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. There are no Japanese records of attacks on submarines listed for the area and dates when Seawolf disappeared. The following day the submarine sent a routine weather report, and was never heard from again. This report is a mystery however as a Japanese cargo ship was attacked by a submarine on 25 September, eight days later. USS YF-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Rowan sank in less than a minute, taking 202 of her crew down with her. USSMontgomery(DM-17) scrapped after being damaged by a mine off Palau, Caroline Islands, 17 October 1944. A second kamikaze came screaming in but its wing was shot off sending the plane tumbling into the ocean, dousing the Hank with burning gasoline in the process. The first biplane hit near the No.3 five-inch turret, detonating the powder bags and causing a huge explosion at 08:34, while just seconds later the second biplane bounced off the water before impacting the No.4 five-inch gun turret setting off another huge fireball. USS LCT(5)-311 sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 9 August 1943. Destroyed by gunfire from Japanese destroyers. USS LST-480 sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. After the war, the ship was sold to the Brazilian Navy, and sunk in 1980 while being towed to the scrap yard. YP-331 foundered in heavy weather, 23 March 1944. USSIndependence(CVL-22) was attacked on 20 November 1943 by a group of aircraft low on the water. Tang declined an invitation to join a wolf pack of submarines patrolling off Formosa (modern day Taiwan), and instead ventured to hunt alone. USS YA-65 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. PT-202 destroyed by enemy mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. Officially, a total of 1,554 ships were sunk due to war conditions, including 733 ships of over 1,000 gross tons. USSMcCalla(DD-488) rescued 195 men from the shark-infested waters and attempted to tow Duncan away for salvage but the battered ship sank 6 miles north of Savo Island. Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Zellars lost all power temporarily but damage control was able to put all fires out. USSHalsey Powell(DD-686) was alongside the carrier Hancock topping off her fuel tanks off Okinawa when at 14:00 on 20 March 1945, the task force came under attack by kamikaze planes. USS YC-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSAlbert W. Grant(DD-649) was launching a torpedo attack on Japanese battleships during the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, when at 04:07 the destroyer was struck by several shells from both Japanese and American guns. After receiving temporary patches at Tonga, she steamed to Pearl Harbor for permanent repairs. USS YMS-71 sunk by a mine off Brunei, Borneo, 3 April 1945. USSNicholson(DD-442) was participating in the conquest of Seeadler Harbor during the Admiralty Islands campaign on 6 March 1944 when the ship was assigned to draw fire from an enemy battery on nearby Hauwei Island. Resilience retraced her course trying to reestablish communication with S-28. After the war West Virginia was placed in mothball and scrapped in 1959. The first was during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, in which 74 men were killed and 95 wounded by dive bomber attacks, and again during the Battle of Santa Cruz when 44 crewmen died. 77 more of Houston's crew would die while in captivity. One hundred sixty of her men were lost including nineteen of her twenty one officers. The American task force sent up a surprise ambush in the dark of night to "cross the T" and inflict several losses to the Japanese in the resulting Battle of Cape Esperance. The Japanese came through the channel to the west of Savo Island and opened fire. Both fires were out within twelve minutes, but forty-four men were killed and another one hundred fifty five were wounded. USSJohn Penn(APA-23) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 13 August 1943. The explosions continued to stagger the Turner until 0750 when a large violent explosion ripped the ship apart. The ship returned to service in March 1945. USS LST-282 sunk by a glider bomb off St. Tropez, France, 15 August 1944. Foundered en route to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands area. USSNelson(DD-623) was supporting the invasion of Normandy off Omaha Beach when during the early morning hours of 13 June 1944 she made contact with an enemy E-boat at 0105. One plane made a run on the ship; its right wing hitting the No.2 smoke stack spinning the plane around into the deck amidships. Unfortunately, Hoel would find herself surrounded by enemy ships and was relentlessly blasted by the Japanese. Exactly what happened to the submarine is a mystery, but she was never heard from again. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with Abner Read. USSReid(DD-369) was escorting ammunition resupply convoys headed for Ormoc Bay on 11 December 1944 when at 1700, as many as 12 Japanese aircraft targeted Reid for destruction. Despite the damage, she completed her mission and was repaired and back in service just a few months later. This incident was one of several reasons cited by Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S. as justification of formally opening hostilities. Two other attacks on submarines were recorded by the Japanese in the area on 16 November which were not reported by any American sub, however it is unlikely these were made on Scamp if the submarine had been previously damaged as reported by the Japanese on 11 November. USSSculpin(SS-191) was on her ninth patrol of the war attempting to disrupt Japanese reinforcement of the Gilbert Islands before the Invasion of Tarawa when in the early morning of 19 November 1943, the submarine attacked a convoy of ships only to be fired on by an enemy destroyer. USS LST-359 sunk by German submarine U-870 north-east of the Azores, 20 December 1944. USSBennett(DD-473) was escorting landing ships off Okinawa on 7 April 1945 when the task force was attacked by a swarm of kamikazes. USSFiske(DE-143) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-804 north of Azores, 2 August 1944. November 8, 2017 - 4,444 likes, 70 comments - WW2 Photos/Videos (@fuehrer_of_photography) on Instagram: "A major turning point in the Second World War was the . Aircraft carrier, small (CVL) USS Princeton (CVL-23) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. The task force then retired to Tulagi for temporary repairs, and then departed for the large naval base at Pearl Harbor. USSGuest(DD-472) was patrolling off Hagushi anchorage on 25 May 1945 when at 02:25, the ship was grazed by a single-engine plane which struck her mast and hit the water fifty yards off her starboard beam.
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