File:US cruisers firing during Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. cruisers firing on Japanese ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944: USS Louisville (CA-28), USS Portland (CA-33), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), USS Denver (CL-58), and USS Columbia (CL-56).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-288494 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

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