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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-55238

Wake Island Raids, 5-6 October 1943


Heavy cruisers bombarding Wake on 5 October 1943, seen from USS Minneapolis (CA-36).
Next ship astern is USS San Francisco (CA-38), which has just fired her eight-inch guns. USS New Orleans (CA-32) is in the rear.

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

Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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17 December 2001