Photo #: 80-G-13612 USS Laffey (DD-459) 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 liferaft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 128KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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11 February 2002