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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-423 (Color) USS Buchanan (DD-484) Refueling from USS Wasp (CV-7) while en route to the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion area, 3 August 1942. Note her camouflage scheme, depth charges in stern racks and on K-Guns, fenders rigged along her sides, and the red refueling flag flying from her foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 101KB; 585 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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13 November 2001