File:USS Spence (DD-512) underway off Guadalcanal on 23 March 1944 (80-G-48564).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Spence (DD-512) steaming in Iron Bottom Sound, off Guadalcanal, with her crew manning the rails, 23 March 1944. Savo Island is visible in the distance. The photo was taken from the light cruiser USS Montpelier (CL-57).

Date

23 March 1944

Collection

Naval History & Heritage Command

	Parent institution	United States Department of the Navy
	Location	Washington Navy Yard
	Established	1944
	Website	www.history.navy.mil
	Authority file	: Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat

Accession number

80-G-48564

Source

U.S. Navy photo 80-G-48564

Other versions

Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-48564 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-48564.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]

	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.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:24, 15 November 2019	5,433 × 4,068 (7.55 MB)	Cobatfor (talk \| contribs)	levels, cropped, antenna adden from DANFS image
	21:22, 8 May 2016	5,258 × 3,936 (5.87 MB)	Cobatfor (talk \| contribs)	new NHHC file
	21:25, 4 January 2007	740 × 589 (76 KB)	Felix Stember (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description= USS Spence (DD-512) steaming in Iron Bottom Sound, off Guadalcanal, with her crew manning the rails, 23 March 1944. Photographed from USS Montpelier (CL-57). Savo Island is visible in the distance. Wartime censors retouched thi