Keywords: StLouisLeanderKolombangara.jpg USS Saint Louis CL-49 and HMNZS Leander firing during the action in the Battle of Kolombangara This is probably the battle's initial engagement in which the Japanese light cruiser Jintsu was sunk by gunfire and torpedo hits and Leander was damaged by a Japanese torpedo Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the U S National Archives Photo http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cl49 htm 80-G-342763 1943-07-13 Author PD-USGov Battle of Kolombangara USS St Louis CL-49 Muzzle flashes Firing naval artillery |