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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97799

USS Blue (DD-387)


"Men wounded in the Battle of Tulagi Island being removed from the USS Blue (DD-387) to the USS Neville (AP-16), 7-8-9 August 1942." (quoted from the original caption).
This photograph was probably taken on 9 August, as Blue was transferring survivors of the Battle of Savo Island, which had taken place during the previous night.

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

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4 December 2001