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Catoctin - Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which
are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The ridge runs northeast/southwest for about 50 miles departing from South Mountain near Emmitsburg, Maryland, and
running south past Leesburg, Virginia, where it disappears into the Piedmont in a series of low-lying hills near Aldie, Virginia. The ridge forms the eastern rampart
of the Loudoun and Middletown valleys. (Wikipedia) |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5) under way near Philadelphia Navy Yard, 5 February 1944.
US National Archives photo #'s 19-N-60806 and 19-N-60807, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy
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Luncheon on board USS Catoctin (AGC-5), flagship of commander, U.S. Eighth Fleet, at Mers El Kebir, Algeria, on 14 June 1944.
(L to R): Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers, USN, Commander, Group Two, Eighth Amphibious Force; Admiral Sir John H.B. Cunningham, British Commander in Chief, Mediterranean;
and Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Northwest African waters (U.S. Eighth Fleet).
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 55074 |
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Church services on board USS Catoctin (AGC-5), probably at Algiers, circa June-July 1944.
US US National Archives Photo # 80-G-K-1959, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Looking forward from the bridge of USS Catoctin (AGC-5) while at Algiers, circa June-July 1944. Note flags flying of Vice Admiral
Henry Kent Hewitt, USN, and Admiral Sir John Cunningham, R. N. Also note lookout position and "SG" radar on kingposts. The Admirals were then planning the invasion of
southern France.
US US National Archives Photo # 80-G-K-1956, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5)'s combat information center on "D-Day" of the invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944. Catoctin was
amphibious force flagship for this operation.
US National Archives Photo #'s 80-G-362857 and 80-G-362856 US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Southern France Operation, August 1944. Senior Officers on the bridge of USS Catoctin (AGC-5), Operation Flagship. Taken while
enroute to the invasion area on "D-Minus-One", 14 August 1944. Present are (l-r): Brigadier General G.P. Saville, USAAF, Air Commander. Western Naval T.F. Major General A.
M. Patch, USA, Army Commander, Western Naval Task Force. Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt, Naval Commander, Western Naval Task Force. James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy.
Rear Admiral A.G. Lemonnier, F.N., Chief of Staff of the French Navy.
US US National Archives Photo # 80-G-K-2018, a US navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Rear Admiral Heinrich Rhufus, German commanding officer of Southern France Coastal Defenses, captured in Toulon, gives the Nazi salute
to the quarterdeck of USS Catoctin (AGC-5) as he leaves the ship with his chief of staff Commander Rhuling, on the first leg of the journey to a prison camp.
Vice Admiral Hewitt, on board Catoctin, his flagship, did not take time to receive the two Germans.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 55075 |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5) at anchor, 22 August 1944, shortly after the landings in southern France. Catoctin
was force flagship for that operation, and is probably anchored off one of the invasion beaches.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-362811 a US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5) receiving fuel oil, 5 June 1945, following repair and overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Catoctin features many of the late war electronics required for command and control as well as anti-aircraft protection, such as the MK52 director with
MK 26 radar aft of her forward 5"/38 dual purpose mount. Photo maybe incorrectly dated as Catoctin's War Diary has her in the Chesapeake Bay on 14 June 1945
and she reported receiving fuel at Philadelphia on 5 June 1945.
US Navy Yard Philadelphia photo # 1184-45-96, dated 14 June 1945, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives, San Francisco Regional Branch. |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5)'s forward superstructure main deck looking aft at the various antennae festooning her superstructure and midships
radar tower. Empty boat cradles fill the foreground view of the deck. Photo maybe incorrectly dated as Catoctin's War Diary has her in the Chesapeake Bay on 14 June 1945
US Navy Yard Philadelphia photo # 1184-45-105, dated 14 June 1945, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives, San Francisco Regional Branch. |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5)'s radar tower, looking aft from the top of her forward king post. Note the collection of VHF
transmitters and receivers on her yardarms as well as the radar counter measures antennas. Photo maybe incorrectly dated as Catoctin's War Diary has her in the Chesapeake Bay on 14 June 1945
US Navy Yard Philadelphia photo # 1184-45-107, dated 14 June 1945, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives, San Francisco Regional Branch. |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5)'s aft king posts highlighting different equipment as seen from her searchlight platform atop her
superstructure. The "SCR" structure on the lower left of the photo is probably a SCR-720, which was fitted to other AGCs starting in the summer of 1945. This was the
same radar set that was carried by the P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter and was installed to give ships better warning against diving Kamikazes that had penetrated the
fighter and radar screens. Photo my be incorrectly dated as Catoctin's War Diary has her in the Chesapeake Bay on 14 June 1945.
US Navy Yard Philadelphia photo # 1184-45-107, dated 14 June 1945, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives, San Francisco Regional Branch. |
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Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey (in front), USN, and Lieutenant General John R. Hodge (middle), U.S. Army, watch Korean occupation landings at
Jinsen (Inchon), Korea, from USS Catoctin (AGC-5), 8 September 1945. The third officer present is not identified.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-394169, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5) moored pierside at Norfolk, VA., circa early 1946. |
Submitted by Christopher Albright for his father Joseph Albright YN3 USS Adirondack |
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USS Catoctin (AGC-5) moored pierside in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., circa 1959, shortly before she was sold for scrapping. |
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