Friday, August 28, 2015

American Legion Returns

WED 28 AUG 1940
Destroyers Biddle (DD-151) and Blakeley (DD-150) escort U.S. Army transport American Legion on the final leg of her voyage from Petsamo, Finland, to New York City. The 40-millimeter Bofors gun she carries is subsequently shipped to the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, Virginia.

Heavy cruisers Wichita (CA-45) (Rear Admiral Andrew C. Pickens) and Quincy (CA-39) depart Montevideo, Uruguay, for Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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