80-G-231855
Ships of the invasion force steaming out of the Guadalcanal-Tulagi area during the afternoon of 9 August 1942. Photographed from USS Chicago (CA-29), the view looks westward, with Guadalcanal Island in the background. USS Crescent City (AP-40) is on the left. A Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane is in the foreground, on Chicago’s starboard catapult. 80-G-231855