Title |
US Navy warship USS Colhoun, APD-2 |
Photo Number |
P0258n1_06_26 |
Description |
Image of US Navy warship USS Colhoun (APD-2), in 1942, Guadalcanal. |
Creator |
Reo Robbins |
Date |
1942 |
Textual Date |
1942 |
Keywords |
Military; Navy; Men; Boats and boating; Battleships; World War II; Guadalcanal |
Subject |
Warships--Photographs; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) |
Additional Information |
Port bow view of the high-speed transport USS Colhoun (APD-2) coming alongside the destroyer USS Mugford (DD-389) off Guadalcanal in early August 1942. This is possibly the last photo taken of the ship before 30 August 1942, when she was targeted by Japanese bombers off Guadalcanal and sunk with the loss of 51 crew members. |
Collection Number and Name |
P0258 Reo Robbins Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Reo Robbins |
Donated By/Purchased From |
Reo Robbins |
Rights |
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Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pz5vb3 |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
941326 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz5vb3 |