The USS Savannah (CL 42) is hit by a German radio-controlled bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, Sept. 11, 1943. The bomb hit the top of the ship's number three gun turret and penetrated deep into her hull before exploding. This photograph shows the explosion venting through the top of the turret and also through Savannah's hull below the waterline. A PT boat is passing by in the foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo