1942 WWII NEWS AGENCY PHOTO Crew from Torpedoed & Sunk Freighter "MARORE"

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1942 WWII NEWS AGENCY PHOTO Crew from Torpedoed & Sunk Freighter "MARORE"
Acme NewsPictures original photo with attached caption paper.
Photo shows entire crew of 39 at Norfolk, Va., rescued after the attack and sinking by three submarines off the Atlantic coast on February 26, 1942.  Caption paper has date of March 2, 1942.
Photo is B&W on single-weight glossy paper, 9 by 7 inches.
Hand-stamped faintly on back in blue:  "PHOTO BY / ACME NEWSPICTURES, Inc. / 461 EIGHTH AVE. NEW YORK CITY / Please Credit ‘Acme Photo' / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, /  SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US."
Excellent condition.
The Marore was the twenty-seventh ship acknowledged by the Navy to have been attacked and the twenty-fourth to be sunk off the United States Atlantic coast since January 14, 1942. The Marore was the twenty-year-old sister ship of the Venore (see another listing for a related photo) that was sunk on January 24th. The ship was attacked at midnight on February 27th and was reported to be one of the most intense attacks yet reported in U.S. waters.