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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 63439

Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944


USS Reno (CL-96) stands off the starboard quarter of USS Princeton (CVL-23), while fighting fires on board the bombed carrier, 24 October 1944.
Note Reno's forward 5"/38 twin gun mounts in the foreground, with local fire control sights on top.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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5 May 2003