![U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 12 (DesRon 12) returning from a bombardment of Rabaul, salute the dead with S-turns in Ironbottom Sound. This had become a custom whenever DesRon12 ships passed Savo Island after a successful raid against the Japanese. February 1944 [5635 × 4181]](https://dailyshare.site/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/j61dk548trkc1.jpeg)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 12 (DesRon 12) returning from a bombardment of Rabaul, salute the dead with S-turns in Ironbottom Sound. This had become a custom whenever DesRon12 ships passed Savo Island after a successful raid against the Japanese. February 1944 [5635 × 4181]
