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| Keywords: British T-class destroyer 1945.jpg A British Royal Navy T-class destroyer steams next to the U S aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV-18 in August 1945 The destroyer's pennant number D4 is obscured by fuel oil Five T-class destroyers and the carrier HMS Indefatigable R10 were part of Task Group 38 3 in August 1945 HMS Teazer D45 HMS Tenacious D46 HMS Termagant D47 HMS Terpsichore D48 and HMS Troubridge D49 The two funnel rings identify the ships as part of the 24th destroyer flotilla all T-class destroyers As the vertical stripe identifies the division leader in the flotilla the second senior commander the destroyer is most probably HMS Terpsichore D48 In the distance are a long-hull Essex-class carrier probably USS Randolph CV-15 flagship RAdm Gerald F Bogan and the battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1977 031 074 099 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 30509 reftable ecatalogue refirn 20397 1945-08 U S Navy This image is part of a photograph album that was acquired by RADM Joseph C Clifton during his service as Executive Officer of USS Wasp CV-18 during World War II PD-USGov-Military-Navy S and T class destroyer | ||||
