File:USS Smith (DD-378) burning after being hit by crashing Japanese plane on 26 October 1942 (80-G-30622).jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Smith (DD-378) burning after she was hit by a crashing Japanese Nakajima B5N2 torpedo plane during an attack on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30622 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54).

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current16:48, 6 March 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:48, 6 March 20174,393 × 3,250 (4.46 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
16:49, 17 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:49, 17 June 2006740 × 461 (75 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. ''USS Smith'' (DD-378) burning after she was hit by a crashing Japanese torpedo plane during an attack on ''USS Enterprise'', 26 October 1942. Photographed from ''USS San Jua

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