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Destroyer of Task Force18 bombarding Kalombangara and New Georgia Islands

Night color shot of a Destroyer of Task Force18 bombarding Kalombangara and New Georgia Islands. Woo-hoo! Get some, sailors!

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Looks like a Fletcher-class. The O'Bannon, maybe?
 
No offense, but this isn't exactly what a sailor means when he says he's gonna "get some" :-D
 
Show's how little you understand sailors and the mutable qualitys of that Angle Saxon (sic) fricative.
 
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