USS Nelson (DD-623) after she sustained damage from torpedo attack. On the night of June 12, 1944, while anchored in position No. 13 on the "Dixie Line" as part of the anti-submarine and E-boat screen around the Omaha beachhead at Normandy, USS Nelson was struck by an E-boat torpedo which blew off her stern and No. 4 gun mount.

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