-In October of 1945, the Gillette received an urgent call from the USS Thomas (DE-420), standing by the YMS-340 (Motor Minesweeper) which ran hard aground on Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea.
The Photos were taken by crewmen of 'The Fighting Blade' wading knee deep in the water of the South Pacific near the Tubbataha reef.
(Left) Shot of the Gillette taken at safe distance from the reef.
(presumably from the whale boat)
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