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USS ATA-203


This photo sequence shows the progress of USS ATA-203 from Pearl Harbor to New Orleans while towing YFD-15. During her Panama Canal transit on 20 June 1946, USS ATA-203 was joined by USS LSM-392, USS LSM-480 and USS PC-840. All photos were taken from ATA-203 and are the property of the Richard W. Frierich F1/c LSM-467 Collection.
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ATA-203 departing Pearl Harbor with YFD-15 under tow
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View of ATA-203's bridge & conning tower
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Typical daily routine while at sea aboard ATA-203
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ATA-203 with her tow arriving in San Diego harbor
25 May 1946
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ATA-203 handing off her charge to YTB-270 in San Diego harbor
25 May 1946
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ATA-203 preparing to dock at San Diego, 25 May 1946
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ATA-203 in Mira Flores Locks, Panama Canal with LSM-392, and LSM-480, ATA-203 is in the foreground
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 in Mira Flores Locks, Panama Canal with PCE-840. They passed through the lock in tandem
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 departing Mira Flores Locks, Panama Canal
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 approaching Pedro Miguel Locks, LSM-392 and LSM-480, ATA-203 is in the foreground
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 entering Pedro Miguel Locks, LSM-392, LSM-480
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 entering Pedro Miguel Locks
20 June 1946
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Flooding the lock chamber at Pedro Miguel Locks with LSM-392 and LSM-480 visible, ATA-203 is in the foreground
20 June 1946
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Front to back, LSM-392, PCE-840, and ATA-203 transiting the Gaillard Cut between Pedro Miguel Locks and Gatun Lake
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 transiting the Gaillard Cut between Pedro Miguel Locks and Gatun Lake
20 June 1946
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A water fall in the Gaillard Cut
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 during Panama Canal transit, looking aft on her main deck, forward, showing anchor windless and 3"/50 gun mount
20 June 1946
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LSM-392 and LSM-480 entering Gatun Locks
20 June 1946
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Gatun Lake, Panama Canal
20 June 1946
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ATA-203 crewmen splicing towing hawser while moored at Naval Operations Base, Colon, Panama Canal. Bow of Reeves (APD-52) is visible in the background
22 June 1946
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An ATA-203 signalman on the signal bridge while transiting the lower Mississippi River
30 June 1946
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ATA-203 on the lower Mississippi River towing YFD-15 to New Orleans
30 June 1946
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ATA-203 on the lower Mississippi River towing YFD-15 to New Orleans, some of the ship's crew, with their mascot "Tugs"
30 June 1946
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