Keywords: monochrome Lot 9431-20: Led Attack on St. Nazaire. Under her Royal Navy name of Campbeltown (I42), the former U.S. Navy destroyer Buchanan (DD 131), played a vital part in the British surprise raid on the French port of St. Nazaire, where, loaded with explosives, she rammed the main-dock gate, March 28, 1942. This destroyer was expended in this mission. This picture shows the ship when she was transferred to the British at a Canadian port. Office of War Information photograph. (10/2/2015). Lot 9431-20: Led Attack on St. Nazaire. Under her Royal Navy name of Campbeltown (I42), the former U.S. Navy destroyer Buchanan (DD 131), played a vital part in the British surprise raid on the French port of St. Nazaire, where, loaded with explosives, she rammed the main-dock gate, March 28, 1942. This destroyer was expended in this mission. This picture shows the ship when she was transferred to the British at a Canadian port. Office of War Information photograph. (10/2/2015). |