July 1943: HMAS HOBART at Esperitu Santo
July 1943: HMAS HOBART at Esperitu Santo for emergency torpedo hit repairs – USN.6954. Shown for the record, this is another of the many US Navy photographs we have shown of the cruiser HMAS HOBART [I] on her arrival at the Esperitu Santo forward base in the New Hebrides after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while returning from patrol in the Coral Sea on July 20, 1943.
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