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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings
7 to 9 August 1942 | Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, 16 to 24 June 1944 |
Capture and defense of Guadalcanal
23 August, 5 September, 2 October, 30 November and 27 December 1942 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March to 30 June 1945 5th and 3rd Fleet operations in support of Okinawa Gunto operation, 11 May to 1 June 1945 |
Consolidation of Solomon Islands
Consolidation of southern Solomons. 20 June 1943 |
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USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) |
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65k | Tommy Trampp | ||
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60k | USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) probably at Navy Yard Charleston, SC. while outfitting in March 1942. A US Navy photo from the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site |
Louis "Skip" Sander | |
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58k | USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) probably at Navy Yard Charleston, SC. while outfitting in March 1942. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site. |
Louis "Skip" Sander | |
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83k | USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway, 20 October 1944 off New York after completing an overhaul there. Photo taken by an aircraft from the NAS Brooklyn, New York. US National Archives photo # 80-G-285487, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.. | |
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107k | USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway, 20 October 1944 off New York after completing an overhaul there. Photo taken by an aircraft from the NAS Brooklyn, New York. US National Archives photo # 80-G-285486, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site |
Lou "Skip" Sander | |
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70k | USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer ammunition.. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T. | . | |
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70k | Starboard bow view of USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer ammunition.. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T. US National Archives photo # 19-N-96742, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site |
Lou "Skip" Sander | |
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50k | Broadside view of USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer ammunition.. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T. US National Archives photo # 19-N-96743, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site |
Lou "Skip" Sander | |
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75k | Starboard quarter view of USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer ammunition.. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T. US National Archives photo # 19-N-96743, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives located on the ship' scribe web site |
Lou "Skip" Sander | |
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138k | 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 |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Alvis, John D. | 2 March 1942 - May 1943 |
02 | CDR. Weaver, Paul Leicester Ford :RADM | May 1943 - March 1944 |
03 | CDR. Flanagan, Henry Clinton | WW II |
04 | CDR. Printup, Carter Alston | WW II |
05 | CAPT. Mullany, R. V. | WW II |
06 | CAPT. Doolin Sr., Edward Hamilton | no dates |
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