File:BlackettRadar1.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 527 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 211 × 240 pixels | 422 × 480 pixels | 675 × 768 pixels | 901 × 1,024 pixels | 1,801 × 2,048 pixels | 3,156 × 3,588 pixels.
Original file (3,156 × 3,588 pixels, file size: 3.6 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
NH 100386 Action in Kula Gulf, 6 March 1943
Summary
[edit]| Description |
English: 6 March 1943, Battle of Blackett Strait.
USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation at time 0100 ½, just before opening fire. Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope, with other U.S. ships ahead, steaming SSW. The large white patch at left is Kolombangara and that at right is New Georgia. The large spot just off the Kolombangara shore is the Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame, both of which were sunk in this action. Copied from a photograph in Denver's 9 March 1943 Action Report. |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 6 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
NH 100386 |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-100000/NH-100386.html | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
[edit]
|
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
|
 |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | ||
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 21:16, 26 May 2021 | | 3,156 × 3,588 (3.6 MB) | Happyseeu (talk | contribs) | higher resolution |
| 15:26, 30 June 2006 |  | 615 × 765 (71 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | 6 March 1943, Battle of Blackett Strait. USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation at time 0100 ½, just before opening fire. Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope, with other U.S. ships ahead, steaming SSW. The large wh |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 2 pages use this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
