File:US cruisers firing at Battle of Surigao Strait 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. cruisers firing on Japanese ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944: USS Louisville (CA-28), USS Portland (CA-33), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), USS Denver (CL-58), and USS Columbia (CL-56).
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Columbia (CL-56) World War II cruise book available at Navysite.de. Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-288493 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

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current12:41, 29 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 12:41, 29 March 20165,657 × 4,259 (8.82 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
23:23, 30 March 2013Thumbnail for version as of 23:23, 30 March 2013950 × 494 (181 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=U.S. cruisers firing on Japanese ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944. The photo was taken from USS ''Columbia'' (CL-56), which was the last in a line cruisers: USS ''Louisville'' ...