File:Damaged HMAS Canberra (D33) with US destroyers on 9 August 1942.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy destroyers remove the crew from the sinking Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra´s port bow, as USS Patterson (DD-392) approaches from astern.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-13488 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy
Other versions File:Savo Island.jpg (cropped)

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current11:59, 2 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 11:59, 2 February 20175,682 × 4,220 (8.95 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
10:50, 19 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:50, 19 March 2007740 × 596 (65 KB)Dcoetzee (talk | contribs)Losslessly crop caption bar with JPEGCrop
17:55, 11 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:55, 11 August 2005740 × 620 (73 KB)Bradipus (talk | contribs)Destroyers removing crew from the HMAS Canberra after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 Photo: 80-G-13488 Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g13488.jpg from http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/austral/aussh-ag/canber

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