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Humboldt - Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt
County. It is the largest protected body of water on the West Coast between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound, the second-largest enclosed bay in California, and the
largest port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, Oregon. The largest city adjoining the bay is Eureka, the regional center and county seat of Humboldt County, followed
by the city of Arcata. These primary cities, together with adjoining unincorporated communities and several small towns, comprise a Humboldt Bay Area total population
of nearly 80,000 people. This comprises nearly 60% of the population of Humboldt County. The bay is home to more than 100 plant species, 300 invertebrate species, 100
fish species, and 200 bird species. In addition, the bay and its complex system of marshes and grasses support hundreds of thousands of migrating and local shore birds.
Commercially, this second-largest estuary in California is the site of the largest oyster production operations on the West Coast, producing more than half of all
oysters farmed in California.
The Port of Humboldt Bay (also referred to as the Port of Eureka) is a deep water port with harbor facilities, including large industrial docks at Fairhaven, Samoa,
and Fields Landing, designed to serve cargo and other vessels. Several marinas also located in Greater Eureka have the capacity to serve hundreds of small to mid-size
boats and pleasure craft. Since the 1850s, the bay was used extensively to export logs and forest products as part of the historic West coast lumber trade. There is now
infrequent shipping of this product.(Wikipedia)
Photo 1 - Aerial view of Humboldt Bay and the city of Eureka in Humboldt County, California, USA. View is to the northeast. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library.
Photo 2 - View of the Middle Channel of Humboldt Bay and Indian Island taken on Woodley Island. Note the Memorial to lost fisherman in the foreground. |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) builders nameplate.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-30376 US Navy photos from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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Humboldt (AVP-21) christening by the ship's sponsor, Mrs. William T. Tarrant, at Boston Navy Yard, 17 March 1941.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-27399 US Navy photos from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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Humboldt (AVP-21) being launched at the Boston Navy Yard, 17 March 1941. Her sister, USS Matagorda (AVP-22) on the adjoining slipway, was launched a day later.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-30381 and 19-N-30389, US Navy photos from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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Humboldt (AVP-21) at Boston Navy Yard, 1 October 1941, prior to her commissioning on 7 October 1941.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-30365, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) at Boston Navy Yard, 1 January 1942, three months after her commissioning on 7 October 1941.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-30362, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) shown here, 23 August 1943 upon completion of modifications at the Boston Navy Yard. During this upkeep period she received a third 5"/38 gun aft along with one quadruple and two twin 40-mm mounts.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-49686, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) starboard quarter view, 23 August 1943. The ship had just completed an upkeep period at the Boston Navy Yard.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-49687, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, circa. April 1944 in Hampton Roads, from USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
US National Archives photo # 80-G-265680, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, off Norfolk, Virginia, 17 November 1944 by an aircraft from the Norfolk Naval Air Station.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46913 |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 17 November 1944. Her 5"/38 armament has been reduced to a single mount and her quadruple 40mm mount has been moved forward.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-78020, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, tending a PBM seaplane of Fleet Air Wing 16 at Bahia, Brazil, April 1945.
US Navy photo # NH 78793, from the Collection of Capt. Roy C Smith III, now at the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) during an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 13 November 1945.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-110805, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) during an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 13 November 1945. USS Idaho (BB-42) is in the background.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-110806, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) during an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 13 November 1945.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-110810, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives |
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, underway, date and location unknown.
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USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) (WHEC-372)
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USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) underway in 1963, place unknown.
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USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372), Boston, September 1963 |
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USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) underway, date and location unknown.
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USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) underway, date and location unknown.
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