Shown here is the 'Gleaves' class destroyer USS Buchanan (DD484) refuelling from the carrier USS Wasp (CV7) en route to the Quadalcanal-Tulagi invasion area, 3rd August, 1942. Note her camouflage scheme, depth charges in stern racks, and on K-guns, fenders rigged along her side, and the red refuelling flag from her foremast. Taken from the net.
