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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 6 November 1944 to 6 January 1945 | Manila Bay-Bicol operation
6 to 10 June 1945 |
| Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January to 5 February 1945 Cabalitan Bay and Mindoro | . |
| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Vietnam Defense
4 July to 4 August 1965 | Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
2 to 26 September 1966 30 November to 18 December 1966 17 January to 6 February 1967 19 March to 13 April 1967 |
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80k | USS Currituck (AV-7), near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 19 July 1944 three days before completion. US National Archives photo # 19-N-69352 RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst and Joe Radigan | |
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57k | One of twelve recognition photos taken of USS Currituck (AV-7), 19 July 1944. Un-cropped 8x10 is titled "Abeam Port Side". Note Currituck is painted in Measure 32/15x camouflage scheme. Original photo is in the collections of the US Naval Institute. |
Bill Koonts AT2 VP56 1953-56 | |
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184k | USS Currituck (AV-7) (upper), and USS Tangier (AV-8) (lower), moored at Morotai, October 1944, while supporting seaplane operations in connection with the Leyte invasion. Note aircraft rescue boats tied up alongside Tangier, and OS2U float planes on both ships' seaplane decks. Also of note Currituck is painted in Measure 32/15x camouflage scheme. US National Archive photo # 80-G-1022364, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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43k | USS Currituck (AV-7) anchored in the Galapagos Islands while launching "Skyhook" Balloon # 3, 11 September 1953. Original photo with the Naval History Society. | Haze Gray and Underway web site | |
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89k | USS Currituck (AV-7) at San Juan, P.R., 1954. US Navy photo |
Bill Koonts AT2 VP56 1953-56 | |
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17k | USS Currituck (AV-7) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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38k | USS Currituck (AV-7) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst | |
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149k | USS Currituck (AV-7)'s crew assembled in dress whites for either a crew photo op. or a ceremony such as a change of command, circa 1954, place unknown. Note the Yard Oiler (YO) alongside. | Photo by CWO2 Ed Cokely USN Ret., Electrical Officer USS Currituck 1954-58. | |
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13,884k | Panoramic view of USS Currituck (AV-7) and crew at NOB Norfolk, VA, in 1956. CWO-2 Ed Cokely USN Ret. (as WO-1) is third from the right in the front row. | John Dupre' courtesy CWO2 Ed Cokely USN Ret., Electrical Officer USS Currituck 1954-58. | |
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53k | USS Currituck (AV-7) hoisting aboard Patrol Squadron 56 (VP-56) (EH 10) P5M "Marlin" at Horta, Azores, Portugal, November 1956. | Photo by CWO2 Ed Cokely USN Ret., Electrical Officer USS Currituck 1954-58. | |
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53k | USS Currituck (AV-7) hoisting aboard Patrol Squadron 56 (VP-56) (EH 10) P5M "Marlin" at Horta, Azores, Portugal, November 1956. | Photo by CWO2 Ed Cokely USN Ret., Electrical Officer USS Currituck 1954-58. | |
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73k | Patrol Squadron 56 (VP-56) (EH 11) P5M "Marlin" assigned to USS Currituck (AV-7), with a crew from Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44) assigned, burns after crashing at Horta, Azores, Portugal, 11 November 1956. The VP-44 crew had been detailed to fly the aircraft back to the US. | Photo by CWO2 Ed Cokely USN Ret., Electrical Officer USS Currituck 1954-58. | |
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86k | USS Currituck (AV-7) at anchor, location unknown, circa mid-1960s. Note: 20mm, 40mm mounts removed, antenna added to the bow and TACAN added to the top of the
Boat Deck crane. Currituck was the only AV-7 class tender with a TACAN. US Navy photo |
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46k | USS Currituck (AV-7), lifting P5M-2 Marlin, location unknown, circa mid-1960s. US Navy photo |
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283k | USS Currituck (AV-7) design drawings. | Bill Koonts AT2 VP56 1953-56 | |
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43k | USS Currituck (AV-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII | |
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97k | USS Currituck (AV-7) underway in 1961 with two Grumman S2F Trackers on her flight deck, location unknown. US Navy photo |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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55k | USS Currituck (AV-7) moored pierside to Pier "Kilo" NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., 12 July 1962. | Steve Eakin AE-3 USS Currituck 1962-64 | |
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105k | USS Currituck (AV-7) at anchor while loading an SP-5B (formerly P5M) Marlin seaplane during seaplane operations off Santa Catalina Island, CA., 12 November 1964. US navy photo # USN 1108994 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command. |
Robert Hurst | |
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37k | P5M Mariner fly-over of USS Currituck (AV-7) during operation "Minute Hand" in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I. in 1964. US Navy photo. |
Cropped photo from USS Currituck 1964 cruise book | |
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179k | USS Currituck (AV-7) ships plaque. | Steve Eakin, AE3 USS Currituck, 1962-64 | |
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