US Navy Ships at New Caledonia on eve of invasion of Guadalcanal. Ship on left is USS Kanawha (AO-1) and at right is cruiser San Juan (CL-54) and in the center a flush-deck four-stacker destroyer.
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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