11 Jul 1940
US Pacific Islands
US Pacific Islands
- Captain Laurence Wild relieved Captain Edward W. Hanson as Governor of American Samoa and Commandant of Naval Station, Tutuila, Samoa. ww2dbase [Samoa | CPC]
18 Feb 1943
US Pacific Islands
US Pacific Islands
- Battleship USS Mississippi, cruiser USS Minneapolis, and destroyers USS Shaw and McKean arrived at Pago Pago, Samoa. ww2dbase [Mississippi | Minneapolis | Shaw | Pago Pago, Samoa | DS]
19 Feb 1943
US Pacific Islands
US Pacific Islands
- Battleship USS Mississippi, cruiser USS Minneapolis, and destroyers USS Shaw, Boggs, and McKean departed Pago Pago, Samoa bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Mississippi | Minneapolis | Shaw | Pago Pago, Samoa | DS]
23 Aug 1943
Photo(s) dated 23 Aug 1943
Photo(s) dated 23 Aug 1943
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