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135k | USS Capella (AK-13) at the New York Navy Yard, 26 September 1922, loading an Army 16" gun on deck aft for shipment to Pearl Harbor. The Merritt and Chapman derrick Monarch has lifted the gun clear of the Moran Towing and Transportation Co. barge No. 30. USS Maryland (BB-46) is across the pier. The crane between the two ships is probably moving along rails on the pier. US Navy photo # 42062 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | US Naval Historical Center | |
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57k | USS Capella (AK-13) pierside, probably between 1922 and 1924. US Navy photo # NH 55049 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center | US Naval Historical Center | |
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48k | USS Capella (AK-13) transiting the Panama Canal, probably between 1938 and 1940. The ship was unarmed until she received two 5"/51 and four
3"/50 guns at the end of 1940. Photo courtesy of FADM C. W. Nimitz, USN. US Navy photo # NH 58160 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center | US Naval Historical Center | |
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69k | USS Capella (AK-13) underway, date and location unknown. | Hyperwar US Navy in WWII | |
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38k | USS Capella (AK-13) underway in 1942 or 1943, after she received eight 20mm guns and before her two 5"/51 guns were replaced by one 5"/38 gun. She also carried four 3"/50 guns amidships. She is painted in camouflage Measure 12(modified). US Navy photo #: NH 98063 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center | US Naval Historical Center | |
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