US Navy warship USS Colhoun, APD-2

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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, Circa 1940-1945
Collection Name Reo Robbins
Donated By/Purchased From Reo Robbins
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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
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