File:USS Selfridge and OBannon damaged Oct 1943.JPG
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| Description | The U.S. Navy destroyers USS Selfridge (DD-357), left, and USS O'Bannon (DD-450) damaged at Noumea, Espiritu Santo, after the naval Battle of Vella Lavella, on 7 October 1943. Selfridge´s bow was torn off by a Japanese torpedo (note sailors climbing in the wrecked gun turret). O'Bannon collided with USS Chevalier (DD-451) during the battle, after Chevalier had been hit by a torpedo (she had to be sunk later). |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo in Samuel Eliot Morison: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier (History of US Naval Operations in WWII, Vol VI), Castle Books, Edison (New Jersey, USA), 2001, p. 253 (reprint from 1950). |
| Author | USN |
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| current | 22:15, 22 April 2010 | | 994 × 1,305 (404 KB) | Cobatfor | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy destroyers USS ''Selfridge'' (DD-557), left, and USS ''O'Bannon'' (DD-450) damaged at Noumea, Espiritu Santo, after the Battle of Vella Gulf, on 7 October 1943. ''Selfridge''´s bow was torn |
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