Photo #: NH 59854
Captain Arleigh A. Burke, USN,
Commander Destroyer Squadron 23 (seen in profile, left center)
Reading on the starboard bridge wing of his flagship, USS Charles
Ausburne (DD-570), during operations in the Solomon Islands
in 1943-1944.
The DesRon 23 "Little Beaver" insignia is painted on
on the ship's bridge wing.
Note scoreboard painted on the side of Charles Ausburne's
Mark 37 gun director, life ring, navigation lights and crewmen
on watch, some wearing headphones.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
Arleigh A. Burke, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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