File:USS Saratoga (CV-3) with Atlanta (CL-51) off Guadalcanal Aug 1942.jpg

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Description	Landing operations continue on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), at left, in the late afternoon of 21 August 1942, while ships of the task force which escorted troops into the Solomons patrol off Guadalcanal. This was three days before the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. USS Atlanta (CL-51) is at right, with two heavy cruisers and some destroyers in the distance.
Date	Taken on 21 August 1942
Source	Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-74487 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command.
Author	USN (Photographed from USS Enterprise (CV-6)

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