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|Description=The damaged tanker OHIO, supported by Royal Navy destroyers, approaches Malta after an epic voyage across the Mediterranean as part of convoy WS21S ([[:en:Operation Pedestal]]) to deliver fuel and other vital supplies to the besieged island. OHIO's back was broken and her engines failed during heavy German and Italian attacks. Because of the vital importance of her cargo (10,000 tons of fuel which would enable the aircraft and submarines based at Malta to return to the offensive), she could not be abandoned. In a highly unusual manoeuvre, two destroyers supported her to provide buoyancy and power for the remainder of the voyage. The OHIO's captain was subsequently awarded the George Cross. The OHIO itself was sunk outside the harbour after discharging its cargo.

|Description=The damaged tanker OHIO, supported by Royal Navy destroyers, approaches Malta after an epic voyage across the Mediterranean as part of convoy WS21S ([[:en:Operation Pedestal]]) to deliver fuel and other vital supplies to the besieged island. OHIO's back was broken and her engines failed during heavy German and Italian attacks. Because of the vital importance of her cargo (10,000 tons of fuel which would enable the aircraft and submarines based at Malta to return to the offensive), she could not be abandoned. In a highly unusual manoeuvre, two destroyers supported her to provide buoyancy and power for the remainder of the voyage. The OHIO's captain was subsequently awarded the George Cross. The OHIO itself was sunk outside the harbour after discharging its cargo.
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|Source={{IWM Collections|GM 1480|oid=205194917}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|GM 1480|oid=205194917|nocat=1}}

|Date=1942-08-15

|Date=1942-08-15

|Author= Cook H E (Lt), War Office official photographer

|Author= Cook H E (Lt), War Office official photographer
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[[category:1942 in Malta]]

[[category:1942 in Malta]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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[[Category:Collections of the Imperial War Museum]]

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