USS_Smith_(DD-378)_burning_after_being_hit_by_crashing_Japanese_plane_on_26_October_1942_(80-G-30622).jpg


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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Smith (DD-378) burning after she was hit by a crashing Japanese Nakajima B5N2 torpedo plane during an attack on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30622 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54).

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26 October 1942