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View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (left, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (bottom, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (bottom, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (bottom, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3

View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (center, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (top right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (top center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942; note heavy cruiser Tone underway at right edge of the photograph, photo 1 of 2	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (center, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (top right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (top center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942; note heavy cruiser Tone underway at right edge of the photograph, photo 2 of 2	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (just out of view, wake seen at bottom) and Tokitsukaze (bottom right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (bottom center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942; note a stick of five falling bombs at top right and another stick of four falling bombs at center	View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese heavy cruiser Tone, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942

The submarine USS Nautilus approaching the pier at the submarine base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 25 Aug 1942.	Battleship Iowa being prepared for launching, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, late Aug 1942	The submarine USS Argonaut approaching the pier at the submarine base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 26 Aug 1942.	2-inch mortar team of UK Royal Scots Fusiliers, Scotland, United Kingdom, 27 Aug 1942

Laying the keel of submarine Dorado, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 27 Aug 1942	A Wildcat lifted from APV Kitty Hawk to ACV Long Island, Fila Harbor, New Hebrides (now Port Vila, Vanuatu), 28 Aug 1942	Battleship Iowa shortly after launching, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, late Aug 1942	Fletcher-class destroyer Saufley upon delivery to the Navy on 28 Aug 1942 at Kearny, New Jersey. Saufley was painted in Measure 12-modified paint scheme with colors in shades of green.

2-inch mortar team of 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, UK 1st Airborne Division in Britain, 29 Aug 1942	Destroyer USS Saufley on her commissioning day, 29 Aug 1942, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Note two just completed Elco 80-foot PT Boats on Saufley’s bow.	Doherty (as HMS Berry) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 Aug 1942	USS Copahee underway off Port Angeles, Washington, United States, 30 Aug 1942