U.S. Navy destroyers remove the crew from the sinking Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS <i>Canberra</i> (D33) after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942.  USS <i>Blue</i> (DD-387) is alongside <i>Canberra</i>´s port bow, as USS <i>Patterson</i> (DD-392) approaches from astern.
Australian armed forces
1942-08-09
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