Japanese_patrol_boat_under_attack_off_Wake_on_24_February_1942.jpg
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Summary
| Description | A Japanese patrol boat (black smudge to the right) under attack by gunfire from the U.S. Navy destroyers USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Maury (DD-401) and aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the Wake Island raid on 24 February 1942. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo NH 50949 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). |
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