USS McKean (APD-5) en route to Guadalcanal in August 1942
1942
The U.S. Navy high speed transport USS McKean (APD-5) photographed from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) on 7 August 1942, the first day of landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
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