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Episode 19 - USS HOLDER
USS HOLDER DE-401 had a very eventful maiden voyage, being attacked by German planes off the coast of Algeria. And that’s only half of her story… In the end, she finished her career with a different hull number painted on her bow. Hear more about her history with Andrew on this episode.
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Randolph Mitchell Holder, her namesake.
HOLDER's crew.
HOLDER next to MENGES.
HOLDER'S damage from German aircraft, April 1944.
HOLDER'S damage from German aircraft, April 1944.
HOLDER'S damage from German aircraft, April 1944.
HOLDER and MENGES DE-320 being repaired in the New York Navy Yard, July 1944.
HOLDER and MENGES being connected in the New York Navy Yard.
HOLDER while being stripped.