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USS Okala (ARST-2) near Memphis, TN, 26 June 1945, during her delivery voyage down the Mississippi River system. Note that her mast has been folded down to clear bridges during this river trip. The ship is painted in what appears to be Measure 31 camouflage scheme. US Navy photo # NH 76090, courtesy of CAPT. C.W. Stoll, via Charles H. Bogart, 1972. |
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USS Okala (ARST-2) during her ferry voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Jeffersonville, Indiana to New Orleans. She departed her builder's yard at Jeffersonville, 24 June 1945, passed Memphis, TN., 26 June, and arrived at New Orleans, 28 June. Note the larger crane stowed amidships. 19-N-86587A shows the 40mm quad AA gun mounting on the stern and the arrangement of boats aft. US National Archive photos # 19-N-89698 & 19-N-86587A. US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Okala (ARST-2) underway, circa mid-1945. US Navy photo # NH 84686, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. |
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USS Okala (ARST-2) at anchor in Puget Sound in 1946 shortly before decommissioning at Seattle, WA. The supports of the large rotating crane amidships have been raised making the crane operational. US National Archive photos |
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