File:HMAS Australia (D84) underway off the north shore of Guadalcanal on August 1942.jpeg

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Description The Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Australia (D84) underway off the north shore of Guadalcanal as the invasion task force leaves the area on 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. Savo Island is in the distance.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-13492 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Chicago (CA-29).

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