Title: USS Housatonic, July, 1942 Description: The oil tanker USS Housatonic, left, refuels the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) in heavy South Atlantic seas; the Ranger had, the day earlier, launched 72 Army P-40s, off the coast of Accra, this group, along with another group of 68 Army P-40s earlier delivered by the Ranger, relieved the Flying Tigers in China. These two groups made up the 33rd Pursuit Squadron; Date: July 20, 1942 Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft carriers, refueling at sea, Second World War, tankers, U.S. Navy, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2940 x 2432 (7.15 MPixels) (1.21) Print Size: 24.9 x 20.6 cm; 9.8 x 8.1 inches File Size: 20.48 MB (21,469,922 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010148 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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