Keywords: USS Pringle (DD-477) in Purvis Bay in August 1943.jpg The U S Navy destroyer USS Pringle DD-477 in Purvis Bay Nggela Islands Solomon Islands in August 1943 after her floatplane catapult was removed A 40 mm twin was mounted on the fantail but not on the usual deckhouse between the 53 and 54 mounts Official U S Navy photo http //destroyerhistory org/assets/fletcherclass/477pringle_02 jpg 80-G-56826 available at http //destroyerhistory org/fletcherclass/0_allnum/477pringle_02 html Destroyerhistory org 1943-08 USN the photo was taken from USS Nicholas DD-449 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Pringle DD-477 Pacific War in August 1943 Solomon Islands Campaign |