File:USS Epperson (DDE-719) and USS Sarsfield (DDE-837) dropping depth charges 1950.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy Gearing-class destroyers USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground, and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) dropping depth charges during anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has also fired her "K-Gun" depth charge projectors, making vertical smoke trails (aft of the ship) and impact splashes to port and starboard.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-41552.
Author USN

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current11:18, 31 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 11:18, 31 March 2012608 × 484 (177 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy ''Gearing''-class destroyers USS ''Epperson'' (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS ''Sarsfield'' (DD-837) dropping depth charges during anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. ''Sa...