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| Keywords: From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during... - NARA - 513171.tif Scope and content General notes U S troops landing during an exercise near Algiers North Africa in April 1944 The landing craft belong to the attack transport USS Cepheus AKA-18 which was manned by the U S Coast Guard Cepheus was commissioned on 16 December 1943 and put to sea from Staten Island New York USA 27 February 1944 bound in a convoy for Liverpool UK The convoy arrived safely 9 March with its cargo destined for the Normandy invasion Joining her assigned division in Scottish waters Cepheus sailed for Oran French Algeria where she arrived 6 April to report to the Eighth Amphibious Force After training exercises along the Algerian coast she loaded vehicles and troops for the passage to Naples Italy where she unloaded 19 June to 23 June 1944 513171 Local identifier 26-G-2326 Department of Transportation U S Coast Guard Office of Public and International Affairs 04/01/1967 - 1985 Use War and Conflict Number 1036 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 other date ~ 1944 Record group Record Group 26 Records of the U S Coast Guard 1785 - 2005 Record group ARC 355 Activities Facilities and Personalities compiled 1886 - 1967 Series ARC 513164 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-26-G-2326 yes Other versions File American troops leap forward to storm a North African beach jpg NARA-cooperation PD-USGov World War II military training French Algeria in World War II LCVP 1944 in Algeria | ||||