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| Keywords: USS Victoria (AO-46) fueling Clemson-class destroyers in 1942.jpg Starboard quarter view of the U S Navy tanker USS Victoria AO-46 ex George G Henry with four of the old four stack destroyers alongside <br> This photo could have been taken at Fremantle Australia when the tanker - still George G Henry - fueled the four surviving American ships that took part in the Battle of the Java Sea the destroyers USS Alden DD-211 USS John D Edwards DD-216 USS John D Ford DD-228 and USS Paul Jones DD-230 soon after they arrived in Australian waters On 15 April 1942 while at Yarraville a suburb of Melbourne George G Henry was taken over by the U S Navy under a bareboat charter and commissioned as USS Victoria AO-46 on 20 April Survivors from the sunken USS Langley AV-3 USS Peary DD-226 and USS Pecos AO-6 made up the ship's new crew 302766 ca 1942-03 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia USS Victoria AO-46 ship 1917 Pacific War in March 1942 USS Alden DD-211 USS John D Edwards DD-216 USS John D Ford DD-228 USS Paul Jones DD-230 | ||||
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