Keywords: USS Platte (AO-24) off the Solomons 1942.jpg The U S Navy fleet oiler USS Platte AO-24 coming alongside the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV-7 24 August 1942 to refuel the carrier during the Solomons campaign <br>Platte was fitted in 1941 with the same permanent gun emplacements and temporary armament that USS Salamonie AO-26 received but by August 1942 she had a large gun forward that appears to be a 5 /38 The Bureau of Ordnance Armament Summary contains no record of this armament Official U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/09/19/091902431 jpg 80-G-12235 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command available at http //www navsource org/archives/09/19/19024 htm Navsource org 1942-08-24 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Platte AO-24 ship 1939 Solomon Islands Campaign |