The British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter after
the Battle of the River Plate in December
1939. Exeter, along with the light cruisers
HMS Ajax and HMAS Achilles, engaged the German
Graf Spee, causing that ship to seek refuge in the neutral
port of Montevideo. She was heavily damaged
by the German 11.1" shells, being left
in near-sinking condition while her consorts
pursued the German raider. She is shown here
after limping to the Falkland Islands.
The destoyer USS Cassin after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The vessel was in drydock, and slipped off her keel blocks when the dock was flooded in an attempt to fight the fires caused by the attack. Also in the drydock were the battleship Pennsylvania, and the destroyer Downes, seen to the right of this photo.
The battleship USS California being refloated in March 1942. She has been striped to lighten her.
