Image: A Japanese plane crashes into the sea ahead of USS Columbia (CL-56), in November 1943 (80-G-44059)
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Description: A Japanese plane plunges into the sea ahead of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56), as she steams in column with other cruisers during the attack on Bougainville, 1-2 November 1943. Note the 6"/47 gun turrets, with six-inch shell casings on deck below them. The sailor in the left foreground is spotting from the 5" DP dual mount behind the forward 6" turrets.
Title: A Japanese plane crashes into the sea ahead of USS Columbia (CL-56), in November 1943 (80-G-44059)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-44059
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