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| Caption | Demolished No. 3 5-inch gun mount aboard USS Nicholas shortly after 13 May 1943. During an early morning shore bombardment, the gun suffered a hang fire and the hot gun set off the shell inside the barrel. No casualties ww2dbase | |||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories | |||||||||
| Date | Jun 1943 | |||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||
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In this same action, destroyer USS Chevalier suffered a similar explosion to her No. 4 gun, also with no casualties. Note Nicholas’s torpedo tubes in the lower left and the depth charge launchers along the rail.