Chronology of World War II
Saturday, August 8
US Destroyer-Minesweeper
Hopkins
Passing Transport Area
The U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper USS Hopkins (DMS-13) steams past the transport area between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 8 August 1942. The ship burning in the left center distance is USS George F. Elliott (AP-13), which had been hit by a Japanese air attack earlier in the day.