Launching ceremony of USS Billfish, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 12 Nov 1942USS President Jackson (left of photograph), USS San Francisco (background center) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 Nov 1942; the column of smoke in the background astern of USS San Francisco was from a downed Japanese aircraft
Launching ceremony of USS Billfish, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 12 Nov 1942USS President Jackson (left of photograph), USS San Francisco (background center) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 Nov 1942; the column of smoke in the background astern of USS San Francisco was from a downed Japanese aircraft


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