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Photo #: 80-G-457818 USS O'Brien (DD-415) Is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Guadalcanal Campaign, 15 September 1942. USS Wasp (CV-7), torpedoed a few minutes earlier, is burning in the left distance. O'Brien was hit in the extreme bow, but "whipping" from the torpedo explosion caused serious damage to her hull amidships, leading to her loss on 19 October 1942, while she was en route back to the United States for repairs. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 480 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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