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Photo # 80-G-K-385:  USS President Jackson maneuvering during Japanese air attack, 8 August 1942

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This page features all the views we have relating to the actions and activities of USS President Jackson.

For more images related to USS President Jackson, see:

  • USS President Jackson (AP-37, later APA-18), 1942-1973.


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    Photo #: 80-G-K-385 (Color)

    Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, 7-9 August 1942

    Ships maneuvering between Tulagi and Guadalcanal during the Japanese aerial torpedo attack on 8 August 1942. USS President Jackson (AP-37) is at left. HMAS Australia is in the center distance, with anti-aircraft shells bursting nearby.
    Photographed from USS Ellet (DD-398).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-32366

    Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November 1942


    USS President Jackson (AP-37) maneuvering under Japanese air attack off Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942. In the center background is smoke from an enemy plane that had just crashed into the after superstructure of USS San Francisco (CA-38), which is steaming away in the right center.
    Photographed from USS President Adams (AP-38).
    Note the anti-aircraft shell bursts.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 82763

    USS President Jackson (APA-18)


    Some of the ship's LCVPs maneuvering off Townsville, Australia, during amphibious exercises in 1943.
    Note signalmen at work with semaphore flags.

    Courtesy of Chief Warrant Officer Keith L. Anderson, USN (Retired), 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82765

    USS President Jackson (APA-18)


    Some of the ship's LCVPs during amphibious exercises at Townsville, Australia, in 1943.
    Note the dented bow of the boat at right.

    Courtesy of Chief Warrant Officer Keith L. Anderson, USN (Retired), 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82768

    USS President Jackson (APA-18)


    Army troops load a 155mm gun into one of the ship's LCMs, during amphibious exercises at Townsville, Australia, in 1943.

    Courtesy of Chief Warrant Officer Keith L. Anderson, USN (Retired), 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: USMC 68267

    Bougainville Campaign, 1943-44


    Transports unloading in Empress Augusta Bay, off the Bougainville beachhead, 20 November 1943.
    Photographed by T/Sgt. J. Sarno, USMC, from on board a PT boat, one of whose twin .50 caliber machine gun mounts is in the foreground.
    The LCVP just beyond is from USS President Jackson (APA-18).
    A PT boat, two attack transports (APA) and a LST are in the distance.

    U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-55881

    Bougainville Campaign, 1943-44


    Landing craft approach a Bougainville beach during a resupply mission, 5 January 1944. The LCVP in the center is from USS President Jackson (APA-18).
    The ship in the center right distance is USS George Clymer (APA-27).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For more images related to USS President Jackson, see:

  • USS President Jackson (AP-37, later APA-18), 1942-1973.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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