USNS Henry Gibbins
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Date
March 1950
Description
USNS Henry Gibbins, an American transport ship, most famous for its 1944 voyage which saw 982 refugees narrowly escape the Nazis on their way to New York. These refugees were settled at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York.
Type
Photograph
Era
Postwar United States
Topic
Genocide, Immigration, Jewish History, Transportation, World War II
Repository
Identifier
315835458
Source
National Archives, General Records of the Department of the Navy, General Photographic Files, between 1943–1968.
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