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Great pieces of History!!! Have two 10" by 12" rubber life raft pieces from the U-546 that was Captained by "Kapitanleutinant Paul Just. After sinking the US Destroyer Escort Frederick C. Davie, the U-546 was chased down by several Destroyers and was sunk on 24 April 1945 by depth charges. The sub lost 26 men, but 33 survived to be picked up by the US Destroyers that sunk it. Captain Paul Just and four other crewmen were picked up by USS Keith and later interned in Boston, Mass. Captain survived the war and died in Germany in 1990. These pieces were taken by a sailor on the USS Keith, names and a brief description were written in ink on one of the pieces. Look this up online, as it is fantastic reading. I'm also including a copy of a picture that I got off the internet of the raft just before capture.









A super looking ashtray by the Phila. Navy Yard to the USS Princeton. It measures 5" in diameter and is stainless steel construction. The USS Princeton was listed as CV37, one of 24 Essex Class carriers. It was launched on July 8, 1945 and served in WW2, Korean War and Vietnam. In 1959 it was reclassified to Launching Platform, Helicopter, LPH%