
Caption | Cruiser USS St. Louis coming alongside repair ship USS Vestal at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides for initial repair of torpedo damage to her bow received in the Battle of Kolombangara, 16 Jul 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-258905 | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 16 Jul 1943 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 1 Sep 2016 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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WW2-Era Place Name | Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides |
Lat/Long | -15.5233, 167.2355 |
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23 Sep 2016 10:12:48 PM
The official US Navy caption for this photo lists the location as Tulagi in the Solomons but the logs from both ships confirm the location as Espiritu Santo.