Photo #: NH 97865
USS Laffey (DD-459)
In harbor, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with survivors
of USS Wasp (CV-7) on board.
Wasp had been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September
1942.
Cruiser in the left background is USS Helena (CL-50),
with a destroyer tied to her starboard side.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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