Photo #: NH 43649
USS Houston (CA-30) (right center)
At Darwin, Australia, probably on 15 or 18 February 1942. The
destroyer astern of Houston may be USS Peary (DD-226).
Among the ships in the background, to the left, are HMAS Terka
and the SS Zealandia.
The donor was on board HMAS Tolga, then used as a water
carrier for ships in Darwin harbor.
Courtesy of Arthur W. Thomas.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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