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H-012-2: Laffey and Hiei


Navy Art Collection painting that depicts destroyer Laffey just after she has crossed under the Japanese battleship Hiei’s bow and is engaging the battleship with 5-inch and 20-mm guns—and sidearms—at near-point-blank range on 13 November 1942 of...

Painting depicting destroyer Laffey just after she has crossed under the Japanese battleship Hiei’s bow and is engaging the battleship with 5-inch and 20-mm guns—and sidearms—at near-point-blank range on 13 November 1942 off Guadalcanal.

H-Gram 012, Attachment 2
Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC
November 2017 

 

Published: Fri Feb 03 12:04:32 EST 2023