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The Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Hobart (D63) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 23 July 1943, showing the damage inflicted when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while serving with Task Force 74 on 20 July. She has a huge hole and badly a distorted stern, the deck planking has been removed by the ship's crew. Both portside propellers were blown off by the impact, many pipes were broken, bulkheads crushed and power cables severed. Hobart lost 13 crew in the attack and one U.S. officer who was on board; seven others were seriously injured. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo NH 80533 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 17:19, 2 February 2017 | | 5,740 × 4,441 (8.31 MB) | Cobatfor | New NHHC file |
| 17:38, 18 June 2012 |  | 740 × 568 (135 KB) | <bdi>Cropbot</bdi> | upload cropped version, operated by User:Finavon. Summary: border/caption cropped | |
| 20:44, 12 March 2007 |  | 740 × 590 (104 KB) | <bdi>Nevfennas</bdi> | == Summary == U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 80533 Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 23 July 1943. Australian light cruiser HMAS Hobart (commissioned 1936). Showing damage inflicted when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while servin |
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