Keywords: outdoor 19-LC-14-12: USS Asheville (Patrol Gunboat #21), port view at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, March 1, 1920. Asheville was sunk a few days after the Battle of the Java Sea, March 3, 1942, when she encountered a Japanese destroyer squadron and bravely fought despite the inevitable outcome. Also at National Archives as 19-N-7714. (6/16/2015). 19-LC-14-12: USS Asheville (Patrol Gunboat #21), port view at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, March 1, 1920. Asheville was sunk a few days after the Battle of the Java Sea, March 3, 1942, when she encountered a Japanese destroyer squadron and bravely fought despite the inevitable outcome. Also at National Archives as 19-N-7714. (6/16/2015). |