Photo #: NH 100390
Action in Kula Gulf, 6 March 1943
USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation
at time 0125, as the U.S. force completed its turn to the north
while bombarding Vila. The Japanese destroyer Murasame
has sunk and Minegumo is sinking. She is the small spot
at the top of the scope.
Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope,
with other the U.S. ships steaming in column ahead of her. Kolombangara
is the large white patch at left, with Vila at its south end.
Arundel Island is in the lower left, and New Georgia is at right.
Copied from a photograph in Denver's 9 March 1943 Action
Report, 1985
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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