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LC-Lot-801-16: Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942

LC-Lot-801-16: Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. HMAS Canberra, off Guadalcanal, smoking after badly damaged in combat with a force of Japanese cruisers. She was later scuttled that day in “Iron Bottom Sound.” Note, the destroyer next to her is probably USS Blue (DD 387). U.S. Navy Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
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Caption: Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. HMAS Canberra, off Guadalcanal, smoking after badly damaged in combat with a force of Japanese cruisers. She was later scuttled that day in “Iron Bottom Sound.” Note, the destroyer next to her is probably USS Blue (DD 387). U.S. Navy Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-801-16
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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