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413k | Mrs. Joseph Holmes breaks the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) as she christens the ship, 14 May 1966, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. | Dale Hargrave | |
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147k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) underway off the coast of Oahu, 24 November 1968 Photo by PH3 Bruce M Laurich, USN US Navy photo NH # 96875 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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124k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) circa May 1969, possibly Subic Bay P.I., ships alongside include USS Higbee (DD-806), USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779), USS Robison (DDG-12), and USS Leary (DD-879) Photo by PH3 Stephen L Fowk, USN US Navy photo # USN 1139041 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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147k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) with an unidentified submarine alongside, date and location unknown.US Navy photo | Federation of American Scientists web site | |
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115k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, with USS Kinkaid (DD-965) and, USS Berkeley (DDG-15) alongside, date unknown. | Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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112k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) passing Point Loma while out bound to sea from San Diego, date unknown. | Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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75k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) tending destroyers in an Asian port, date and location unknown.. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1970 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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117k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1970 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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50k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) underway, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. |
Mike Smolinski | |
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118k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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197k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) "Navy Times" Ship in the Spotlight, feature, publication date unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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82k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) passing Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. She is heading for NAS Alameda. The photos were taken from Aquatic Park in San Francisco in August 1980. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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87k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) passing the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park at Hyde Street Pier. The historic ships are (from left to right): Steam Tug Hercules, Paddlewheel Tug Eppleton Hall, Steam Ferryboat Eureka, Lumber Schooner C.A. Thayer and Scow Schooner Alma. Samuel Gompers is heading for her homeport at NAS Alameda. The photos were taken from Aquatic Park in San Francisco in August 1980. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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74k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored pierside at NAS Alameda, August 1980. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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70k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored pierside at NAS Alameda, August 1980. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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70k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored pierside at NAS Alameda with Arkansas (CGN-41), August 1980. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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55k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) and USS Dixon (AS-37) side by side at Diego Garcia. After a 60-day deployment Dixon turned over the job of Indian Ocean fleet repairs to Samuel Gompers, May 1981. US Navy photo by PH3 Book. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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1188k | An aerial port bow view of USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) underway, heading to Naval Station San Diego, 1 August 1982. US Navy photo # DN-SC-82-10216 PACIFIC OCEAN (1 August 1982) from the collections of the Defense Imagery web site. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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1336k | USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) moored at NAS Alameda, CA., 4 October 1985. US Navy photo # DN-SC-86-03183 NAS ALAMEDA (4 October 1985) by PHAN Solseth, from the collections of the Defense Imagery web site. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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