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Casco - Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine. Its easternmost approach is Cape Small and its westernmost approach is Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth. The city of Portland sits along its southern edge and the Port of Portland lies within.
Photo - Oil on board painting of Portland Head Light, Maine, by William Aiken Walker (Wikipedia)
Map - Casco Bay (Maine Public)
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USS Casco (AVP-12) at Kodiak after being salvaged and refloated, circa 12 September 1942. Casco was torpedoed by
Japanese submarine HIJMS RO-61 while laying at anchor in Nazan Bay, Alaska. The resulting explosion killed five and wounded
twenty of her crew. Excellent damage control enabled Casco to get underway reaching Dutch Harbor and Kodiak so that emergency repairs could be completed to allow the ship to
return to Puget Sound Navy Yard for permanent repairs.
09431236 - U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command: United States Navy Combat Narrative. The Aleutians Campaign June 1942 - August 1943, Chapter 1: The Attack on Dutch Harbor June 1942. Washington D.C. 1993.
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U.S. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., viewed from the west, 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at NAS Seattle, WA.
Among the ships present are:
USS Aroostook (AK-44), at right, and
USS Prometheus (AR-3), center, alongside the near side of the long pier closest to the camera;
USS Utah (AG-16) in drydock at left;
USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and
USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the far side of the most distant long pier;
USS Casco (AVP-12) and
USS Mackinac (AVP-13),
under construction in the drydock in the upper left. U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH-84927. > |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) entering the dry dock at Navy Yard Puget Sound, for repair of battle damage, 27 September 1942.
Puget Sound Navy Yard photo series # PW4-641, now in the collections of the US National Archives, Seattle Branch |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) in the dry dock at Navy Yard Puget Sound, for repair of battle damage, 27 September 1942.
Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # PW4-652, now in the collections of the US National Archives, Seattle Branch |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-455262, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-42040, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine HIJMS RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942. Her main armament has been doubled to four 5"/38 guns.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-41932, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-41933, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-41934, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-42039, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) in Massacre Bay, Attu Island in the Aleutians in about May 1943 soon after the US recaptured the island. A PBY-5A "Catalina" patrol bomber is taking off on a patrol.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-65978, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) refueling a PBY-5 Catalina probably in Alaska in 1943. Lines are run to pull the plane forward while
bamboo poles are in place to keep it from colliding with the ship due to wind and waves.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43567, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) sailors enjoy a rare sunny day in the Aleutians in 1943. Note the sailor at the bow jumping rope.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43569, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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One of USS Casco (AVP-12)'s twin 40mm gun crews keeps an eye on an unidentified plane in a harbor probably in Alaska in 1943.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43571, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) at anchor in Casco Cove, Attu Island, AK., in September 1943.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-89475, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Casco (AVP-12), date and location unknown |
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USS Casco (AVP-12), location unknown, 1944 |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) at anchor in the Pacific, in 1944. The ship is painted camouflage scheme measure 32/2Ax.
U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2012.053.001.04. |
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USS Casco (AVP-12) crew members push off a seaplane, circa July 1945.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43819, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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 USCGC Casco (WAVP-370 / WHEC-370)
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USCGC Casco (WAVP-370), Boston, September 1960 |
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USCGC Casco (WAVP-370), Boston, April 1961 |
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USCGC Casco (WAVP-370), date and place unknown. |
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USCGC Casco (WHEC-370), 1969, place unknown. |
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