File:USS Shaw (DD-373) transferring survivors of USS Porter (DD-356) to USS South Dakota (BB-57) on 28 October 1942 (80-G-33381).jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) transferring survivors of USS Porter (DD-356) between Shaw and the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) on 28 October 1942. Porter had been torpedoed and sunk two days earlier, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Photographed from on board the South Dakota, one of whose 40 mm quad gun mounts, covered with canvas, is in the foreground.
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current23:23, 8 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 23:23, 8 March 2008740 × 588 (102 KB)Mbdortmund (talk | contribs)
18:50, 19 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:50, 19 June 2006740 × 605 (138 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)Destroyer ''USS Shaw'' transfers survivors from ''USS Porter'' to ''USS South Dakota'' on October 28, 1942. ''Porter'' was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph (#80-G

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