File:US cruisers leave Roi for Saipan in June 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy cruisers leaving Roi Island en route to Saipan on 12 June 1944. Seen from the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), they are (left to right): the heavy cruisers USS San Francisco (CA-38), USS Minneapolis (CA-36) and USS Wichita (CA-45); and the light cruisers USS St. Louis (CL-49) and USS Honolulu (CL-48).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-253792 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40)

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