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CVE Anchor

Gilboa, Ohio
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This anchor weighed 32,394 pounds, and its chain weighed 118 pounds per link. It was manufactured in 1943. CVEs were escort carriers, and 78 were built between 1941 and 1945.
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Gilboa, Ohio · United States

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