That must be late in 42 as the Sara did not get out of Bemerton till almost the end of May.
Notice to that the two turrets fore and aft of the island look to be 5”38cal mounts. After stopping the Jap torpedo in January the Sara made it to Pearl for temporary repairs. the 6” turrets were removed to be used as shore batteries around Pearl Harbor.
BTW, Nice see ya again:-)
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alfa6 ;>}
I got to agree with alfa6 that the ship is the Lexington. The configuration of the bridge and the two decks on the aft of the exhaust tower is what leads me to think that. The Lexington had the two deck guns forward of the bridge at least back in October of 1941. By the Battle of the Coral Sea they are no longer present from what I can tell from photographs of the ship.