Photo #: NH 97766
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack planes ("Betty") make
a torpedo attack on the Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942.
The burning ship in the center distance is probably USS George
F. Elliott (AP-13), which was hit by a crashing Japanese
aircraft during this attack.
The original photograph came from the illustrations package for
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison "History of United States
Naval Operations in World War II", volume IV (originally
published opposite page 293).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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