USS Aaron Ward DD-483 bow with forward 5" guns and crew on the deck while underway at sea in the Solomon Islands
The destroyer was painted in a camouflage pattern and the port anchor was removed possibly to save weight. On the bow is "483" painted in white. Photographed from USS Wasp (CV-7). Credit: USN via NARA 80-G-12263 Date: August 17, 1942
B&W Enlargement
