| USS Buchanan (DD-484) Refueling from USS Wasp (CV-7) while en route to the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion area. Buchanan is painted in Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). Note the depth charges in stern racks and on K-Guns, fenders rigged along her sides, and the red refueling flag flying from her foremast. Also note the 5-inch (127 millimeter)/38 caliber gun aboard Wasp, in the lower left. USS Buchanan, part of Task Force 18, Task Unit 18.3.7, refueled from USS Wasp on July 9 and 15, 1942. After rendezvousing in Nuku’alofa Harbor, Tongatabu, 3 American Task Forces combined for practice landing exercises on Fiji. Buchanan joined Fire Support Group Mike, Task Group 62.4. Task Force 62, enroute to the Solomon Islands for Operation Watchtower, the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, embarked on August 1, 1942. USS Buchanan refused from USS Libra (AK-53) on August 4, 1942. | |
| Image Filename | wwii1876.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.71 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 4423 x 5724 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | United States Navy |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | July 15, 1942 |
| Location | |
| City | |
| State or Province | Guadalcanal |
| Country | Solomons |
| Archive | Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Record Number | 80-G-K-423 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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