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Description Japanese ships under attack at Tonolei harbour in the Solomon Islands on 13 October 1942. The large ship is identified as the seaplane tender Akitsushima. Note the Mitsubushi A6M3 Zero fighter.
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Source Samuel Eliot Morison: The Struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942-February 1943. History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 5. Reprint, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis (Maryland, USA) 2010. ISBN 978-1-59114-551-6
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location6° 44′ 56″ S, 155° 54′ 35″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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13 October 1942

6°44'56.000"S, 155°54'34.999"E

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