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Photo #: NH 97945
HMAS Hobart (Australian Light Cruiser, 1936)
Steaming in the Coral Sea, west of Espiritu Santo, about two hours before she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, 20 July 1943.
Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD-449).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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