LC-Lot-801-27: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943
![LC-Lot-801-27: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. “Torpedo That Failed”. This huge Japanese torpedo, Type 93 (long lance), fired from a submarine, failed to hit its mark. It plunged harmlessly ashore on the beach of Guadalcanal. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06). LC-Lot-801-27: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. “Torpedo That Failed”. This huge Japanese torpedo, Type 93 (long lance), fired from a submarine, failed to hit its mark. It plunged harmlessly ashore on the beach of Guadalcanal. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/wwii-pacific-guadalancanal/landings-operations/lc-lot-801-27/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1676636564282.jpg)
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- Ordnance and Weapons
- Theater of Operations--Pacific
- People-Places-Things--Japanese
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- Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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