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80-G-54560: Battle of Kula Gulf, July 5-6, 1943

80-G-54560: Battle of Kula Gulf, July 5-6, 1943. Note smoke from USS Helena (CL-50), torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese, lighted up by the night firing of other ships. Photograph, July 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/19).
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Caption: Battle of Kula Gulf, July 5-6, 1943. Note smoke from USS Helena (CL-50), torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese, lighted up by the night firing of other ships. Photograph, July 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/19).
Accession #: 80-G-54560
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