Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
5 images. Champion Minesweepers (USS "Redstart"), 16 April 1952. USS 'Redstart" (Minesweeping champion of Korean War) Lieutenant Carl W. Coe Mrs. Carl Coe Captain C. E. Coffin. Supplementary material reads: "Gershon. City desk. Illus. Champion minesweeper. The minesweeper USS Redstart (named after a bird) is known as the minesweeping champion of the Korean war. Photo shows her skipper, Lt. Carl W. Coe, 1968 Chestnust Avenue, Long Beach, getting bronze star from Captain C.E. Coffin, Chief of Star, Naval Base, Los Angeles. Lt. Carl W. Coe and Mrs. Coe standing under scoreboard of minesweeping champion. During her operations in Korea she sewpt 80 communist mines, sank five sampans and destroyed two tanks and a weapon carrier by gunfire and captured 8 prisoners as shown on scoreboard".
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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