ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C.1944. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF TWO CRUISERS OF TASK FORCE 74, HMAS AUSTRALIA ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands
Accession Number 304881
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Davies, A J
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C.1944. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF TWO CRUISERS OF TASK FORCE 74, HMAS AUSTRALIA (LEFT) AND USS NASHVILLE. NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMES, AUSTRALIA'S AN ALL OVER DARK GREY, PROBABLY G 10, AND THE AMERICAN CRUISER PATTERNED, PROBABLY IN LIGHT GREYS WITH DARKER BLUES OR GREENS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)