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Upward bulge in the flight deck of USS Enterprise as the result of a bomb exploding below decks. The damage occurred in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 Aug 1942 but the photo was taken 2 Sep 1942 at Tongatabu, Tonga Islands. Note the cruiser USS San Juan.	Laffey steaming alongside another American ship, South Pacific, 4 Sep 1942

USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 8 Sep 1942, photo 1 of 5; note No. 1 and No. 3 turrets turned to starboard	USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 8 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 5; note crews slung over the stern completing the paint job of the hull

USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 8 Sep 1942, photo 3 of 5; note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on fantail	USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 8 Sep 1942, photo 4 of 5; note crews slung over the stern completing the paint job of the hull

USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 8 Sep 1942, photo 5 of 5; note crews completing the paint job of the hull	Battleship USS West Virginia leaving Drydock #1, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 9 Sep 1942 following preliminary repairs of damage sustained in the Japanese attack. Note the mast and portions of the upper hull have been removed.

USS Ancon, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 12 Sep 1942, photo 1 of 2	USS Ancon, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 12 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2

Destroyer O'Brien torpedoed by submarine while Wasp burned in background, 15 Sep 1942	U-156 and U-507 with survivors of RMS Laconia in the Atlantic Ocean, 15 Sep 1942

Wasp (Wasp-class) burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	Wasp (Wasp-class) burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942. Photo 2 of 2.

Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 1 of 4.	Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 2 of 4.

Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 3 of 4.	Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 4 of 4.

Laffey at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides with survivors of Wasp on board, 16 Sep 1942; note Helena and a destroyer in background	Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of Task Force 61 in support of the Guadalcanal landings, aboard his flagship USS Saratoga, 17 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.