USS Platte (AO-24) off the Solomons 1942.jpg
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The U.S. Navy fleet oiler USS Platte (AO-24) coming alongside the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), 24 August 1942, to refuel the carrier during the Solomons campaign. Platte was fitted in 1941 with the same permanent gun emplacements and temporary armament that USS Salamonie (AO-26) received, but by August 1942 she had a large gun forward that appears to be a 5"/38. The Bureau of Ordnance Armament Summary contains no record of this armament. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-12235 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command available at Navsource.org |
| Author | USN |
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