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| Keywords: Convoy WS-12 en route to Cape Town, 1941.jpg Original caption Convoy WS-12 A Vought SB2U Vindicator scout bomber from USS Ranger CV-4 flies anti-submarine patrol over the convoy while it was en route to Cape Town South Africa 27 November 1941 The convoy appears to be making a formation turn from column to line abreast Two-stack transports in the first row are USS West Point AP-23 -- left --; USS Mount Vernon AP-22 and USS Wakefield AP-21 Heavy cruisers on the right side of the first row and middle of the second are USS Vincennes CA-44 and USS Quincy CA-39 Single-stack transports in the second row are USS Leonard Wood AP-25 and USS Joseph T Dickman AP-26 U S Navy Naval History Center http //www history navy mil Photo 80-G-464654; also U S National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 2152 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035034 QueryPage 2FQuery php 1941-11-27 USN Vought SB2U Vindicator Convoys in World War II ship formations Troop transports of the United States Navy USS Quincy CA-39 USS Vincennes CA-44 USS Wakefield AP-21 ship 1931 USS Joseph T Dickman APA-13 ship 1921 PD-USGov-Military-Navy | ||||
