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80-G-13612 USS Laffey (DD-459)

Photo #: 80-G-13612 USS Laffey (DD-459)
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Title: USS Laffey (DD-459)
Description: Alongside a cruiser (either Salt Lake City or Pensacola) with survivors of USS Wasp (CV-7) on board, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Wasp had been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September 1942. Note Laffey's smokestacks, searchlight, mainmast, depth charges, and fully outfitted life raft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-13612
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