File:IronbottomSound.jpg

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Description A U.S. destroyer steams up what later became known as Ironbottom Sound, the body of water between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-13539 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photo was taken from USS San Juan (CL-54).

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current15:42, 26 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 15:42, 26 April 20165,729 × 4,477 (7.18 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
22:26, 22 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:26, 22 June 2006740 × 579 (96 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)"Ironbottom Sound" looking southwest towards Savo Island (center) and Cape Esperance (left) on Guadalcanal. A U.S. destroyer is sillouhetted against Savo Island. Photo taken from ''USS San Juan'' on August 7, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo #80-G-13539,
13:58, 22 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 13:58, 22 June 2006740 × 600 (114 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)"Ironbottom Sound" looking southwest towards Savo Island (center) and Cape Esperance (left) on Guadalcanal. A U.S. destroyer is sillouhetted against Savo Island. Photo taken from ''USS San Juan'' on August 7, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo #80-G-13539,

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