Keywords: USS Montpelier (CL-57).jpg The U S Navy light cruiser USS Montpelier CL-57 enters Havannah Harbor of Éfaté Island in colonial New Hebrides present day Vanuatu during the Solomon Islands Campaign of WWII ” as seen from USS Columbia CL-56 on 22 April 1943 Note the Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane in the right foreground and the worn paintwork on Montpelier's hull forward and amidships with apparently fresh paint further aft Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g380000/g384393c htm 80-G-384393 1943-04-22 USN Post-Work User W wolny PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Montpelier CL-57 SOC Seagull floatplane Éfaté Island Solomon Islands Campaign Pacific War in April 1943 Vanuatu in the 1940s Turtle Bay Ships in Vanuatu Relations of the United States and Vanuatu 1943 USS Denver (CL-58) enters Havannah harbour (Éfaté Island) on 22 April 1943.jpg The U S Navy light cruiser USS Denver CL-58 enters Havannah harbour of Éfaté Island in colonial New Hebrides present day Vanuatu during the Solomon Islands Campaign as seen from USS Columbia CL-56 on 22 April 1943 <br> Note the Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane in the right foreground and the worn paintwork on Denver's hull forward and amidships with apparently fresh paint further aft Official U S Navy photograph https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-380000/80-G-384393 html 80-G-384393 from the https //www history navy mil/ U S Naval History and Heritage Command 1943-04-22 U S Navy Post-Work User W wolny PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Denver CL-58 SOC Seagull floatplane Éfaté Island Solomon Islands Campaign Pacific War in April 1943 Vanuatu in the 1940s Turtle Bay Ships in Vanuatu United States Navy images from Vanuatu 1943 |