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July 1943: HMAS HOBART at Esperitu Santo for emergency torpedo hit repairs - USN.
6954. Shown for the record, this is another of the many US Navy photographs we have shown of the cruiser HMAS HOBART [I] on her arrival at the Esperitu Santo forward base in the New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while returning from patrol in the Coral Sea on July 20, 1943. HOBART lost 13 men killed. Notice the ships teak quarterdeck planking has been largely blown away. The image is a little unusual in that most others were taken aboard the 7,105 Modified Leander Class cruiser, where in this case the photographer has stood off in a boat for the shot. Given emergency repairs, HOBART was escorted back to Sydney by the destroyer HMAS ARUNTA and taken in hand at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. She was to remain out of service, however, until Dec. 1944. Photo: United States Naval Historical and Heritage Command, Washington, image NH80533.
6954. Shown for the record, this is another of the many US Navy photographs we have shown of the cruiser HMAS HOBART [I] on her arrival at the Esperitu Santo forward base in the New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while returning from patrol in the Coral Sea on July 20, 1943. HOBART lost 13 men killed. Notice the ships teak quarterdeck planking has been largely blown away. The image is a little unusual in that most others were taken aboard the 7,105 Modified Leander Class cruiser, where in this case the photographer has stood off in a boat for the shot. Given emergency repairs, HOBART was escorted back to Sydney by the destroyer HMAS ARUNTA and taken in hand at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. She was to remain out of service, however, until Dec. 1944. Photo: United States Naval Historical and Heritage Command, Washington, image NH80533.