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USS Washington (BB-56) firing on Japanese ships, November 15, 1942. Source: www.navsource.org

USS Washington (BB-56) firing on Japanese ships, November 15, 1942. Source: www.navsource.org

OTD in 1942 the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ends. US Navy Task Force 64 under Admiral Willis Lee replies a Japanese task Force under Admiral Kondo Nobutake. During the battle the Japanese battleship Kirishima is sunk by gunfire from the USS Washington (BB-56)

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