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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-52813

Battle of Kula Gulf, 5-6 July 1943


Wet and oil-covered survivors of USS Helena (CL-50) go over papers after their rescue from the waters of the Central Solomons, 6 July 1943.
Photographed on board another U.S. Navy warship, possibly USS Nicholas (DD-449).
Helena had been sunk by Japanese torpedos on the previous night.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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9 October 2000