Photo #: NH 78232
Attu Invasion, May 1943
USS Pruitt (DM-22) leads landing craft from USS Heywood
(APA-6) toward their landing beaches in Massacre Bay, Attu, on
the first day of the invasion, 11 May 1943.
Pruitt used her radar and searchlight to guide the boats
nine miles through the fog. The searchlight beam is faintly visible
pointing aft from atop her pilothouse.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection. Collection
of James C. Fahey.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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