The German liner Columbus, to escape capture by the British fleet, was scuttled about 400 miles off Cape May, New Jersey, and 579 members of the crew were picked up by the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa and landed in New York, Many of them have since been placed on Japanese vessels and will return home via Japan. This picture show the scuttling of the vessel whose sea valves were opened and, in addition, fires were started on board {0 ensure her destruction.
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