Photo #: SC 364342 USS Savannah (CL-42) Afire and beginning to settle by the bow, very soon after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb penetrated the top of the ship's number three 6"/47 gun turret, which is in the center of this photograph with smoke over it. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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6 May 2002