The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1942-09-15. Smoke billowing from the US aircraft carrier Wasp after she was struck by Japanese torpedoes. The carrier was sunk by her own crew after unsuccessful attemps to subdue the fires.
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 1942-09-15. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS WASP, LISTING AND WITH SMOKE POURING FROM OIL AND GASOLINE FIRES CAUSED BY THREE TORPEDO HITS IN THE STARBOARD SIDE FROM THE JAPANESE SUBMARIN
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. 1942-10. Bursts of anti aircraft above the burning US Navy aircraft carrier Hornet after she was attacked and badly damaged by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo bombers
GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE SALVAGED BY A US NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) AFTER BEING SCUTTLED BY HER CREW DURING THE BATTLE OF G
Probably Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 8 August 1942. USS Astoria shortly before her loss off Guadalcanal during the battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942 when she was sunk during night action. Note
GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKE
GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW.
