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Soviet Merchant Ship
Soviet Merchant Ship

This photo shows the Krasnogvardeets, an American-built Liberty ship transferred to the Soviet Union as part of "Lend-Lease" aid.

Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, other Allied countries sent aid by a variety of routes, including across the North Pacific from ports on North America's west coast. The ship's prominent national markings of "USSR" (centre) indicate its Soviet ownership; for much of the war in the Pacific, the Soviet Union and Japan were not at war with each other, and this identification was intended to protect against Japanese attacks.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
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German Prisioners Leaving HMCS Prince Robert
Soviet Merchant Ship
HMCS Algonquin
HMCS Ontario in Malta
HMCS Prince Robert in Hong Kong
Liberated Prisoner of War Coming Aboard HMCS Prince Robert
Depth Charge Attack on U-Boat
Rescuing German Survivors
German Prisoners, HMCS Swansea
Spent 4-inch Cartridge Casings, HMCS Swansea
Laying a Smokescreen, HMCS Swansea
Stokers, HMCS Huron
Damage to HMCS Qu'appelle's Stern
260th Landing Craft Flotilla, Southampton, England
Officers of the 260th and 262nd Flotillas
The Crew of LCI(L) 135
LCI(L) 249, Bernières-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944
LCI(L) 249 at Bernières-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944
LCI(L) 135 on Juno Beach
LCI(L) 249 in Drydock, Portsmouth, England
Rescue at Sea
Ship's Company, HMCS Stormont
Commander Kenneth F. Adams and HMCS Iroquois