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Image: USS Wrangell (AE-12) replenishing USS Massachusetts (BB-59) in 1945

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Description: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) replenishing from the ammunition ship USS Wrangell (AE-12). Wrangell then retired to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, for upkeep and repairs. Wrangell subsequently returned to the open sea on 8 July 1945 and rendezvoused with TG 30.8 (the redesignated TG 50.8) on the 17th. From 20 July to 1 August 1945, she rearmed 35 ships and hit a high point of transferring 700 tons of ammunition in a single day.
Title: USS Wrangell (AE-12) replenishing USS Massachusetts (BB-59) in 1945
Credit: U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org
Author: USN
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