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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Gilbert Islands operation, 17 November to 8 December 1943 | Leyte operation
Leyte landings, San Pedro Bay, 13 October to 29 November1944 |
Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 26 June 1944 | Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 14 March 1945 |
Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands-Peleliu, 6 September to 14 October 1944 |
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87k | Aft starboard quarter view of USS Hercules (AK-41) off San Francisco, 10 December 1942. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7674-12-42, 12/10/42. |
Darryl Baker | |
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99k | Broadside view of USS Hercules (AK-41) off San Francisco, 10 December 1942. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo #19-N-39848 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Darryl Baker / Mike Green | |
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94k | USS Hercules (AK-41) off San Francisco, 10 December 1942.
US Navy photo # 19-N-39847 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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170k | USS Hercules (AK-41) (left) and
USS Funston (APA-89) (center distant) are staged in the transport area off Saipan,
15 June 1944. The assault is in progress.
Photo by Peter Stackpole, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purpose |
John Chiquoine | |
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56k | Bows on view of USS Hercules (AK-41) in the Mare Island channel, 27 September 1945. Hercules under repairs at the yard from 22 June to 22 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6689-45. |
Darryl Baker | |
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107k | Broadside view of USS Hercules (AK-41) off Mare Island, 27 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6691-45. |
Darryl Baker | |
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59k | Stern view of USS Hercules (AK-41) off Mare Island, 27 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6693-45. |
Darryl Baker |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Turnquist, William Howard, USNR | 30 November 1942 - 22 December 1945 |
02 | LCDR. Outlaw, Hampton LeRoy, USN | 22 December 1945 - 7 April 1946 |
03 | LT. Wayland, Sydney, USNR | 7 April 1946 - 28 June 1946 |
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