Photo #: NH 100390
<p>Action in Blackett Strait, 6 March 1943
</p><p>USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation at time 0125, as the U.S. force completed its turn to the north while bombarding Vila. The Japanese destroyer Murasame has sunk and Minegumo is sinking. She is the small spot at the top of the scope.
Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope, with other the U.S. ships steaming in column ahead of her. Kolombangara is the large white patch at left, with Vila at its south end. Arundel Island is in the lower left, and New Georgia is at right.
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Copied from a photograph in Denver's 9 March 1943 Action Report, 1985
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
1943-03-06
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