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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. |
Tommy Trampp |
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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 |
Robert Hurst |
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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. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) underway, 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 |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) underway 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. |
Robert Hurst |
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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) underway, 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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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor, 5 May 1942, location unknown. Note Albemarle is painted in Measure 12(modified) camouflage scheme.
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Tom Camfield |
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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. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Albemarle (AV-5) in the Azores, 21 August 1958, her stem 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. |
Robert Hurst |
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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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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 |
Robert Hall |
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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 place 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) 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. |
Robert Hurst |
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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 |
