USS_Buchanan_(DD-484)_refueling_from_USS_Wasp_(CV-7)_1942.jpg


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Description USS Buchanan (DD-484) alongside USS Wasp (CV-7) to refuel, while en route to the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion area, 3 August 1942. Note her camouflage scheme, and the heavy line rigged between the two ships.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-424 , now in the collections of the National Archives.
Author USN
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3 August 1942