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USS ATA-187 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she returns to San Francisco from Operation "Cross Roads", Bikini Atoll, October 1946. |
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, courtesy David Stinson USS Salish |
USS Salish (ATA-187)
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USS ATA-187 underway, circa 1953, location unknown.
Photo courtesy National Fleet Tug Sailors Association, contributed by Sherman McGee. |
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USS ATA-187 underway, circa 1956, location unknown.
Photo courtesy National Fleet Tug Sailors Association, contributed by Sherman McGee. |
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USS ATA-187 moored pierside at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba circa November/October 1957.
Photo courtesy National Fleet Tug Sailors Association, contributed by Sherman McGee. |
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USS ATA-187 underway, circa 1966, location unknown. Note awning over bow section covering crewmen while they work.
Photo courtesy National Fleet Tug Sailors Association, contributed by Sherman McGee. |
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USS Salish (ATA-187) underway, date and location unknown. |
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Namesake
José María Sobral (Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos - 14 April 1880 - Capital Federal, 14 April 1961; coincidentally he was born and died on 14 April) was an Argentine explorer, geologist and military officer. Contribution of Francisco Javier Santos Vázquez. |
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Ex-USS Salish (ATA-187) in Argentine service as ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) underway shortly after joining the Argentine Navy in the 1970s. Photo by Ignacio Amendolara. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) underway with crew on deck after being hit by one or both of the Sea Skua ASMs fired by a Lynx
HAS.Mk.2/3 (XZ247) helicopter from HMS Glasgow during the Falklands War of 1982. The attack saw 8 killed, 8 wounded. With most of her systems knocked out,
she still managed to limp back to port in Argentina. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) after being hit by one or both of the Sea Skua ASMs fired by a Lynx
HAS.Mk.2/3 (XZ247) helicopter from HMS Glasgow during the Falklands War of 1982. The attack saw 8 killed, 8 wounded and most of her systems knocked out. |
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Damage to the bridge area of ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) after being hit by one or both of the Sea Skua ASMs fired by a Lynx
HAS.Mk.2/3 (XZ247) helicopter from HMS Glasgow during the Falklands War of 1982. Earlier she had been attacked by a Lynx (XZ242) helicopter from HMS Coventry, which fired two missiles, one of which missed the bridge and the other one hit Sobral's fiberglass motorboat, injuring the crew of a 20 mm cannon and knocking out the radio masts. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) moored pierside, probably, at Ushuaia, Naval Base, Argentina, April 2003. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) moored pierside at Ushuaia, Naval Base, Argentina, 2003. Note various other Argentine vessels present.
Photo by Jerzy Strzelecki |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) tied to mooring buoy, off Staten Island, Argentina. Note her new bridge. Photos courtesy Gustavo Roh. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) underway, date and location unknown. |
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A9) underway at Ushuaia, Argentina in November 2008.
Photo by Matias Cosso |
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