U.S. Navy Tugboat 539 fighting fires that erupted from the Markay oil tanker explosion in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947

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Title: U.S. Navy Tugboat 539 fighting fires that erupted from the Markay oil tanker explosion in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947
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Subject: Tugboats $z California $z Los Angeles, Harbors $z California $z Los Angeles, Explosions $z California $z Los Angeles, Fire fighting $z California $z Los Angeles, Smoke $z California $z Los Angeles, Disaster
Description: U.S. Navy Tugboat 539 fighting fires in L.A. Harbor that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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Contributor: Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) (subject), United States. $b Navy (subject), University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
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Type: StillImage, cellulose nitrate film, news photographs
Format: 1 photograph
Identifier: edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.losAngelesDailyNews:5438, 39351, uclamss_1379_39351-14
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Relation: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
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