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USNS Taluga (T-AO-62)
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USS Taluga (AO-62) (1944 - 1972)
LTjg. Lloyd LaVack Photo Collection
Contributed by Tommy Trampp Ltjg. Lloyd LaVack on the right with ENS. Harvey W. Lawson on the left |
 CDR. Hans M. Mikkelsen, first CO of USS Taluga (AO-62) |  Tulagi's stalled main engine |  USS Taluga (AO-62) at Ulithi atoll, Nov. 1944, Smoke is from USS Mississinawa (AO-59) sinking |  Ulithi atoll, Nov. 1944, Smoke in distance is USS Mississinawa (AO-59) sinking |  USS Franklin (CV-13) wounded being transferred to Taluga from another oiler, Mar 1945 |
 Wounded being transferred to Taluga, May 1945 |  Sister ship during target practice off Okinawa May 1945 |  USS Rescue (AH-18) coming alongside to refuel Aug 1945 |  Highline transfer of personnel from USS Enoree (AO-69) to USS Taluga, Aug 1945 |  USS Taluga and USS Enoree (AO-69) in Tokyo Bay, Nov 1945 |
Aircraft Carriers
 USS Enterprise (CV-6) Jan 1945 as seen from Taluga |  Cargo transfer and refueling a carrier, Feb 1945 |  Refueling a carrier, Feb 1945 |  Refueling an escort carrier at Ulithi Atoll, Feb 1945 |  Refueling a carrier, Mar 1945 |
 Refueling USS Intrepid (CV-11), Mar 1945 |  USS Hancock (CV-19) coming alongside |  Refueling USS Hancock (CV-19) |  Refueling USS Hancock (CV-19 during air ops |  USS Hancock (CV-19 coming alongside to refuel |
Destroyers
 Destroyer coming alongside |  Destroyer in South China Sea, Jan 1945 |  Refueling USS Waldon (DD-699), Jan 1945 |
 Refueling USS Waldon (DD-699), Jan 1945 |  USS Waldon (DD-699) coming alongside, Jan 1945 |  Refueling a destroyer, Jan 1945 |  Handling whip on cargo deck with destroyer alongside, Feb 1945 |  Refueling a destroyer, Mar 1945, photo shot from stack of Taluga |
 Refueling a destroyer, Mar 1945 |  Mascot of destroyer alongside, Apr 1945 |  USS Pringle (DD-477) 15 Apr 1945, the day before she was struck and sunk by Japanese Kamikaze |  two destroyers alongside refueling, 15 Apr 1945, at Okinawa |  Refueling a destroyer off Tokyo. Jul 1945 |
Cruisers
 Refueling a cruiser, Jan 1945 |  Refueling USS San Diego (CL-53), Feb 1945 |  USS San Diego (CL-53) coming alongside, off Okinawa, Mar 1945 |  USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) coming alongside off Okinawa, Apr 1945 |
 USS Portland (CA-33) approaching Talugaoff Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Portland (CA-33) coming alongside off Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS San Francisco (CA-38) coming alongside off Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Springfield (CL-66) coming alongside, Jun 1945 |  USS Pasadena (CL-65) during refueling |
Battleships
 USS New Jersey (BB-62) coming alongside |  Refueling a battleship, Jan 1945 |  USS Wisconsin (BB-64) coming alongside, Jan 1945 |  Refueling a battleship, Jan 1945 |
 Refueling USS North Carolina (BB-55) Mar 1945 |  USS Alaska (CB-1) as seen from Taluga Mar 1945 |  USS Texas (BB-35) coming alongside at Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Texas (BB-35) coming alongside at Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Texas (BB-35) alongside Taluga at Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945 |
 USS Texas (BB-35) alongside Taluga at Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945, photo from Texas mainmast |  USS Texas (BB-35) alongside, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Texas (BB-35) alongside, 15 Apr 1945 |  USS Indiana (BB-58) recovering her Curtiss "Seagull" SOC-3 floatplane |
Miscellaneous Fleet Images
 Lining up for a drink, Jan 1945 |  Third Fleet executing a turn, Aug 1945 |  Amphibious forces off Okinawa, 15 April 1945 |  LSTs off Okinawa, 15 April 1945 |
Japanese Ships and Bases
 Japanese cruiser under attack from the air, Aug. 1944 |  Bombardment of Naha, Okinawa, Jul 1945 |  IJNS Nagato under attack, Aug. 1945 |  Japanese cruiser keeled over on her side, Aug. 1945 |  Japanese midget submarines, Yokosuka Navy Base, Sep 1945 |
 Drydock, Yokosuka Navy Base, Sep 1945 |  IJNS Nagato in Tokyo Bay, 14 Sep 1945 |  Japanese fishing boat in Tokyo harbor, Oct 1945 |  Stern of Japanese cruiser alongside for refueling in Tokyo Bay, Oct 1945 |  Japanese cruiser IJNS Sakowa coming alongside in Tokyo harbor, Nov 1945 |
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