Shown here is USS Quincy (CA-39) photographed from USS Wasp (CV-7), at Noumea, New Caledonia, on the eve of the invasion of Quadalcanal, 3 August 1942. She was sunk six days later, during the Battle of Savo Island. Note Quincy's signal flags and Measure 12 Modified camouflage scheme. USN.
