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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-259422

Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943


Collapsed bow of USS Honolulu (CL-48), after she was torpedoed in the Battle of Kolombangara. Photographed while she was under repair at Tulagi on 20 July 1943.
Note anchor chain and other foredeck details.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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4 March 2002