The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS <i>San Francisco</i> (CA-38) returns to San Francisco, California (USA), on 12 December 1942, following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942. She was en route to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
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