PQ-17 Arctic Convoy, June-July 1942. The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May 1942. USS Washington (BB 56) in foreground loading supplies with HMS Norfolk in the rear. USS Wichita (CA 45) is in the middle. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.