Photo #: NH 97836
Rehersals for the Guadalcanal-Tulagi Invasion
Two high-speed transports (APD) underway during practice landings
in the Fiji Islands, 30 July 1942, shortly before the invasion
of Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
These ships are USS Gregory (APD-3), at left, and USS
Little (APD-4), in the right center.
Note the light cruiser beyond them, possibly USS San Juan
(CL-54).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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