Photo #: NH 97751
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Ships maneuvering during the Japanese torpedo plane attack on
the Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942. Several Japanese Navy
Type 1 land attack planes ("Betty") are faintly visible
at left, center and right, among the anti-aircraft shell bursts.
Destroyer in the foreground appears to be USS Bagley (DD-386)
or USS Helm (DD-388). A New Orleans class heavy
cruiser is in the left distance, with a large splash beside it.
Column of smoke in the left center is probably from a crashed
plane.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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