File:HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942 (LC-Lot-801-16).jpg
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 214 pixels | 640 × 427 pixels | 1,024 × 683 pixels | 1,280 × 854 pixels | 2,633 × 1,757 pixels.
Original file (2,633 × 1,757 pixels, file size: 2.69 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary[edit]
Description |
English: The Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. She was later scuttled that day. The destroyer next to her is probably USS Blue (DD-387). Savo Island is in the background. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
9 August 1942 date QS:P571,+1942-08-09T00:00:00Z/11 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q2790860 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
LC-Lot-801-16 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | U.S. Navy photo LC-Lot-801-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | U.S. Navy photo [1] from Hyperwar.org |
Licensing[edit]
This image is available from the National Museum of the United States Navy under the digital ID LC-Lot-801-16. All information on this site is in the public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.[2] |
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
|
||
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 21:26, 28 December 2021 | 2,633 × 1,757 (2.69 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | high-res file | |
15:38, 26 June 2006 | 640 × 432 (38 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | ''HMAS Canberra'' burning and sinking on August 9, 1942. Savo Island is in the background. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Savo/index.html |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 7 pages use this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on bg.wikipedia.org
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
- Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Usage on sk.wikipedia.org