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Saturday, April 2, 2022

WW II Convoy Duty.

 1. The covering forces of the infamous PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. USS Washington (BB-56) in foreground loading supplies with HMS Norfolk in the rear. USS Wichita (CA-45) is in the middle.  

2. USS Washington. 

3. An Allied convoy crossing the Atlantic in 1942. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest naval campaign of the war, running from 1939 to 1945. 

4. USS Washington (BB-56), and HMS King George V at sea on convoy escort duty in April, 1942.






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