Photo #: NH 97867
USS Laffey (DD-459)
Maneuvering alongside a cruiser (either Salt Lake City
or Pensacola), with survivors of USS Wasp (CV-7)
on board, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
Wasp had been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September
1942.
Cruiser in the right background is USS Juneau (CL-52).
Note the aircraft catapult on the cruiser from which the photo
was taken.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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