File:USS Laffey (DD-459) in harbour with survivors of USS Wasp (CV-7) on board, in September 1942 (NH 97865).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Laffey (DD-459) in harbour, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with survivors of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on board. Wasp had been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September 1942. The light cruiser in the left background is the light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50), with a destroyer tied to her starboard side.
Depicted place Espiritu Santo
Date September 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-09-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 97865
Source U.S. Navy photo NH 97865

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