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| Keywords: USS Barker (DD-213) and USS President Jackson (APA-18) at Tongatabu 1942.jpg The U S Navy Clemson-class destroyer USS Barker DD-213 on 21 July 1942 in Nukualofa Harbour Tongatabu The attack transport USS President Jackson APA-18 and an oiler are visible in the background <br> Note According to the Barker´s deck log she arrived in Nukualofa Harbour at 0806 hrs 21 July and moored alongside the oiler USS Kanawha AO-1 to refuel At 1124 hrs she got underway and left the harbour on her way to Pearl Harbor The date given 4 August 1942 also on the other photos of the series is obviously wrong as the USS President Jackson was on her way to Guadalcanal on that date Official U S Navy photograph http //www navsource org/archives/05/0521308 jpg 80-G-K-559 now in the collections of the National Archives available at http //www navsource org/archives/05/213 htm Navsource org 1942-07-21 U S Navy photographer onboard USS Wasp CV-7 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Barker DD-213 USS President Jackson APA-18 World War II color photographs of the Pacific War | ||||
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