[Little Ray]

... tore out the hull of the nearby Australian cruiser Canberra ...

Boy, Aussie cruisers named Canberra are unlucky - wasn't an HMAS Canberra sunk at Savo?

[hc87]

Boy, Aussie cruisers named Canberra are unlucky - wasn't an HMAS Canberra sunk at Savo?

Yes, the Australians, like us, adopted the practice of naming the new ships after ones lost earlier in the war.

[GATOR NAVY]

Acyually the article is wrong. The Canberra mentioned is USS Canberra, named in honor of HMAS Canberra, sunk along with 3 U.S cruisers at the Battle of Savo Island.

[reg45]

Yes