| USS Marblehead (CL-12) underway, around the time she transitioned from the Atlantic to the Pacific Fleet. In January 1938, she would be assigned to the Asiatic Fleet, which would place her in combat with the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Battle of Makassar Strait in February 1942. Marblehead would receive 2 bomb hits and a near miss to her fantail, but she would be able to escape to Ceylon, and then South Africa, unlike much of the rest of the Asiatic Fleet. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2170.jpg |
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| Image Dimensions | 2896 x 2100 |
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| Photographer Title | United States Navy |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | January 10, 1933 |
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| Country | Pacific Ocean |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | NWDNS-80-G-466558 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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