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USS Albemarle (AV-5)
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Launching of Albemarle (AV-5), 13 July 1940, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
AP Wirephoto. |
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Albemarle (AV-5) foreground, and Curtiss (AV-4), fitting out at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,
in late 1940. The destroyer USS Trippe (DD-403) and a sistership are at right. The old armoured cruiser
Olympia (IX-40) is visible in the reserve basin at top, along with an Eagle boat. Note the battleship
New Jersey (BB-62) under construction in the slipway at far left; two motor torpedo boats are visible just to the
left of Albemarle's bow.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 96539 |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor in Havana Harbor, Cuba, 22 February 1941, "dressed" for Washington's Birthday. Splinter protection (gun tubs) have been fitted around her single enclosed and three open 5"/38 gun mounts. The ship's OS2U Kingfisher seaplanes are on deck aft.
US Navy photo # NH 96538 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) tending Consolidated PBY Catalinas, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Jim Kurrasch Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) dressed overall at Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, in June 1941. Note that Albemarle is painted in the seldom used Measure 2 camouflage. US Navy photo from "U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News" May 1990. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor, 5 May 1942, location unknown. Note Albemarle is painted in Measure 12(modified) camouflage scheme.
US Navy photo |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) moored pierside at Naval Base Norfolk,VA., 6 February 1942.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-454606, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) off Naval Base Norfolk,VA., 5 May 1942.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-382753, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor in Little Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland, circa September 1941 to May 1942 with
USS Belknap (AVD-8) alongside.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-7448, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) in Narragansett Bay, 8 August 1942. All four 5"/38 guns are now enclosed mounts, probably fitted during an overhaul at Boston in April 1942. her sister USS Curtiss (AV-4) never received this upgrade.
US National Archives photo # (unknown), RG-19-LCM. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) under way, 30 July 1943, in what is probably Measure 22(5-N) camouflage.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-76629, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) under way near Norfolk, VA., 7 September 1943. The ship is loaded with aviation cargo for transportation to the British Isles. A Martin PBM Mariner flying boat is shown on her fantail.
US Navy photo # 80-G-204836 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor, 5 April 1943, location unknown. Note Albemarle is painted in Measure 12(modified) camouflage scheme.
US Navy photo |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) officers and crew, Brazil, 1943. Albemarle visited Recife, Brazil two times in 1943, 17 to
21 April and again probably sometime in August.
Official US Navy photo. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) under way, 10 June 1943, location unknown. Note Albemarle is painted in Measure 12(modified) camouflage scheme.
US Navy photo. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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Cargo stowed aboard USS Albemarle (AV-5), 21 October 1943
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-213320, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Overhead views of USS Albemarle (AV-5) off Race Point in Massachusetts, August 10, 1944, in dazzle camouflage.
US National Archives photo #'s 80-G-244857 and 80-G-244859 US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from 1966/67 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships" |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) with a Martin PBM-3 Mariner of patrol bomber squadron VPB-210 is being prepared for hoisting aboard Albemarle at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 5 January 1945.
U S Navy History and Heritage Command photo # 80-G-304427 from the "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons [1]" |
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Reserve Fleet Basin, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Photographed on 19 May 1955 with numerous cruisers, escort carriers, and auxiliaries in reserve. The nearest ship is the never-completed
Hawaii (CB-3), which lacks her previously-installed three 12" gun turrets.
The cruisers outboard of Hawaii are (in unknown order)
Honolulu (CL-48),
Columbia (CL-56),
Denver (CL-58),
Galveston (CL-93), and
Portsmouth (CL-102).
To their left are
Tranquility (AH-14),
Sanctuary (AH-17), and
Pocono (AGC-16).
Behind Hawaii (from left to right) are
Montpelier (CL-57),
Houston (CL-81),
Huntington (CL-107),
Savannah (CL-42),
Cleveland (CL-55), and
Wilkes-Barre (CL-103).
Beyond them (from left to right) are
Wichita (CA-45),
Oregon City (CA-122),
Chester (CA-27), and
New Orleans (CA-32).
The cruisers on the left side of the basin (from front to rear) are
Minneapolis (CA-36),
Tuscaloosa (CA-37),
San Francisco (CA-38),
Augusta (CA-31),
Louisville (CA-28), and
Portland (CA-33).
Among the other ships in reserve in the basin are
Fomalhaut (AE-20),
Webster (ARV-2),
Albemarle (AV-5),
Tangier (AV-8),
Pocomoke (AV-9),
Chandeleur (AV-10),
Abatan (AW-4),
Mission San Carlos (AO-120),
Prince William (CVE-31),
Anzio (CVE-57),
Block Island (CVE-106),
Palau (CVE-122), and
San Carlos (AVP-51).
Moored in the shipyard at the extreme left are
Tennessee (BB-43),
California (BB-44), and
Cabot (CVL-28).
US Navy Photo # 80-G-668655, now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) in the Azores, 21 August 1958, her stern showing the extensive modifications made to enable her to handle the projected Martin P6M Seamaster flying boats.
US Navy photo # USN 1044231 by PHC Leuko. |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) probably in January 1959 after being rebuilt to support the P6M Seamaster jet flying boat. Note the ramp and hoisting gear on the stern, which enabled the ship to bring the huge P6M on board without using a crane. The P6M program was canceled in August 1959 and Albemarle never serviced this aircraft.
US Navy photo # USN 1033848 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command. |
Robert Hurst |
USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1)
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Namesake
Corpus Christi Bay - A semi-tropical bay on the Texas coast in San Patricio and Nueces counties, next to the major city of Corpus Christi. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by
Mustang Island, and is fed by the Nueces River and Oso Creek from its western and southern extensions, Nueces Bay and Oso Bay. (Wikipedia)
Photo - Aerial view of Corpus Christi Bay, (Wikipedia Commons)
Map - Corpus Christi Area Scenic Drives (scubamom) |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) undergoing conversion from a Seaplane Tender to a Helicopter Repair Ship, at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston S.C. fires up her boilers for the first time in five years on 19 July 1965. (See Charleston Naval Shipyard Newspaper article.
US Navy photo |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) moored pierside, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., date unknown.
US Navy photo |
Haze Gray and Underway |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) underway, overhead view, date and location unknown.
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) fires up her boilers while in drydock, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1969, by C. Ferguson JOC, USN. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) underway, date and location unknown. |
Nicholas Tiberio |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) at anchor off Vung Tau, South Vietnam, circa 1967-69. |
Pete Harlem, Courtesy Bob Sheasley USA |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) at anchor off Vung Tau, South Vietnam, circa 1967-69. |
Pete Harlem, Courtesy Bob Sheasley USA |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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Post card image of USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) off the Vietnam coast, sometime between 1966 and 1969. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) at anchor off Vung Tau, South Vietnam, circa 1966-1969.
U.S. Army photo in "Logistic Support" by Lieutenant General Joseph M. Heiser, Jr. Department of the Army, Washington D.C., 1991 |
Robert Hurst |
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USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1) at anchor in Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam, circa 1967.
Courtesy Chip Decker, museum.vhpa.org |
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