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81k | USS Donner (LSD-20) underway, 5 January 1951, location unknown. Photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst | |
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429k | USS Donner (LSD-20) underway, circa 1957, location unknown. | Larry L. Legge | |
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26k | USS Donner (LSD-20) underway, date and location unknown. | . | |
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130k | USS Donner (LSD-20) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles east of Jacksonville and Cape Canaveral FL. as an HS-34 helicopter brings the Mercury space capsule aboard with "Space Chimp Ham" aboard after a successful NASA sub-orbital flight of the Mercury-Redstone MR2 and Mercury capsule, 31 January 1961. This picture is respectfully submitted in the name of relieving CO, CDR. Martin V. Cornetta USN Ret. 1961-1963 (now deceased). CO at the date of recovery, CDR. Ralph Brackett USN Ret. | Ronald D. Luxon, Secretary USS Donner Memorial Association, Inc | |
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97k | USS Donner (LSD-20) and USS San Marcos LSD-25) at anchor in Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta, circa 1966-67. | Warren Polensky USS San Marcos | |
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87k | USS Donner (LSD-20) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1966-67. | Warren Polensky USS San Marcos | |
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96k | USS Donner (LSD-20) little changed from her World war II appearance, underway in December 1968, location unknown. The most visible modifications are the extension of the deckhouse under her bridge (the 5"/38 gun forward has been removed) and the addition of another, enclosed, bridge level (the old bridge windows have been plated in).. Test and photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst | |
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