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74k | April 15, 1946 overhead view of the Fargo clearly showing single stack design. Excellent detail shot. | USN | |
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139k | April 15, 1946 port quarter view of the Fargo clearly showing single stack design. | USN | |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) Underway at sea, 8 May 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98918. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) Firing salutes on 15 June 1946, upon her arrival at Gibraltar for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea. Photographed from USS Providence (CL 82). Note floater nets stowed on top of Providence's Number Two 6"/47 gun turret. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-343425. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) At Trieste, 29 June 1946, during the crisis between Italy and Yugoslavia over the ownership of the port. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-380809. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) At Trieste, 29 June 1946, during the crisis between Italy and Yugoslavia over the ownership of the port. A British cruiser is in the center distance. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-702869. |
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38k | View of the bow weathering a hurricane in 1949. | Jack Przybylski | |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) Laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in about 1965. USS Portsmouth (CL 102) is at right. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72660. |
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USS Fargo (CL-106) Laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in about 1965. Photographed from on board the ship, looking forward from the stern, with her after 6"/47 gun turrets in the foreground. USS Portsmouth (CL 102) is at left. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72662. |
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91k | USS Fargo (CL 106) Laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in about 1965. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72661. | USNHC | |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) View looking forward on the ship's foredeck, taken in about 1965 while she was laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Note trees and houses ashore, just ahead of the ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72665. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) Ship's forward six-inch gun turrets and superstructure, looking aft from her foredeck in about 1965, while she was laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72663. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) Closeup view of the ship's smokestack, taken in about 1965, while she was laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Note peeling paint on the stack and pipes. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72664. |
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USS Fargo (CL 106) View the ship's data plaque, taken in about 1965 while she was laid up in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72666. |
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| Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
| Craig, Wyatt, CAPT | 12/09/1945 - 12/14/1946 | |
| Korns, Virgil Eben, CAPT | 12/14/1946 - 09/17/1947 | |
| Walsh, Harvey Thomas, CAPT | RADM | 09/17/1947 - 08/10/1948 |
| Petersen, Wallis Frederick, CAPT | RADM | 08/10/1948 - 08/03/1949 |
| Wood, Chester Clark, CAPT | RADM | 08/03/1949 - 10/1949 |
| Koenig, Joseph William, CDR | 10/1949 - 02/14/1950 | |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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