Naval History in Photos: Battle of Guadalcanal

[The_EURL_Guy]

A series of photos courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute illustrate a massive battle that took place at sea, on land, and in the air.

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[Sentorasia]

The first picture is not taken from the Gleaves-class destroyer USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), which sunk off Guadalcanal. The vessel in the picture is the third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), which was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer/minesweeper actually. The Robert H. Smith-class destroyers were originally from the Allen M. Sumner-class, but during construction, they were modified to carry minelaying equipment instead of torpedo launchers and these ships became a new class. That initial picture was taken from the USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) after a serious kamikaze attack on 30 April 1945.

[_DemonGuard_]

48 minutes ago, Sentorasia said:

The first picture is not taken from the Gleaves-class destroyer USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), which sunk off Guadalcanal. The vessel in the picture is the third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), which was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer/minesweeper actually. The Robert H. Smith-class destroyers were originally from the Allen M. Sumner-class, but during construction, they were modified to carry minelaying equipment instead of torpedo launchers and these ships became a new class. That initial picture was taken from the USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) after a serious kamikaze attack on 30 April 1945.

I was already wondering why there is a Gearing/Allen M. Sumner turret on the picture...

[Sir_Sinksalot]

Stronk US cruisers staying afloat and getting back to port even with their entire bow section smashed off.