File:USS Denver (CL-58) enters Havannah harbour (Éfaté Island) on 22 April 1943.jpg

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The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Denver (CL-58) enters Havannah harbour of Éfaté Island, in colonial New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu) during the Solomon Islands Campaign, as seen from USS Columbia (CL-56) on 22 April 1943.

Note the Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane in the right foreground, and the worn paintwork on Denver's hull, forward and amidships, with apparently fresh paint further aft.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-384393 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.
Author U.S. Navy, Post-Work: User:W.wolny

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