Torpedoed Japanese destroyer Yamakaze, photographed through periscope of USS Nautilus, 25 June 1942. The Yamakaze sank within five minutes of being struck, there were no survivors. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) #  

Torpedoed

The first USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser, sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal iin November 1942. In total 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of its sinking.


USS Juneau (CL-52)

Secondary batteries of an American cruiser formed this pattern of smoke rings as guns from the warship blasted at the Japanese on Makin Island in the Gilberts before U.S. forces invaded the atoll on November 20, 1943. (AP Photo) #  