Liberty Ship SS Rowan explodes after being hit
Liberty Ship SS Rowan explodes after being hit by a German bomb, near Gela, Sicily on July 11, 1943. The 400 U.S. sailors, crewmen and soldiers from the U.S. Seventh Army had time of abandon the ship prior to the explosion. July 11, 1943, Allied invasion of Sicily, World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_10_20)
Picture No
11002144
Media ID
45257410
Size
3000px x 2451px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
