File:USS Alchiba (AK-23) aground and afire off Lunga Point in November 1942.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Alchiba (AK-23) aground and afire off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, circa late November 1942. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-16 on 28 November. Men are handling cargo on the beach, possibly assisting in unloading Alchiba while she was fighting her fires. Note the barbed wire fencing in the foreground.
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Source Official U.S. Marine Corps photo USMC 52796 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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