Photo #: NH 97752
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
in the center and at right. The ship in the left center appears
to be USS San Juan (CL-54). Other ships present include
two destroyers, a fast transport and a heavy cruiser, with the
latter very distant at the right.
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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