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 USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
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Willoughby - Willoughby Spit is a peninsula of land in the city of Norfolk, VA. that forms Willoughby Bay. It is bordered by water on three sides: the Chesapeake
Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and Willoughby Bay to the south.
Photo - Willoughby Spit
Map - Map of Willoughby Bay |
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Willoughby (AGP-9) being launched at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 21 August 1943.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-54642 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, now in the US National Archives. |
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USS Willoughby (AGP-9) off Houghton, WA., 24 June 1944, a few days after commissioning. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69687 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, now in the US National Archives. |
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USS Willoughby (AGP-9) off Houghton, WA., 24 June 1944, a few days after commissioning.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69688 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, now in the US National Archives. |
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USS Willoughby (AGP-9) off Houghton, WA., 24 June 1944, a few days after commissioning.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69689 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, now in the US National Archives. |
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 USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) (WHEC-387) (WAGW-387)
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Ex-USS Willoughby (AGP-9) in US Coast Guard service as USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) underway, circa 1960, location unknown.
US Coast Guard photo by M.E. Beach, SN, USCG, Office of the US Coast Guard Historian |
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USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USCGCGresham (WHEC-387) underway, date and location unknown. |
US Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387) underway, date and location unknown.
US Coast Guard photo by M.E. Beach, SN, USCG, Office of the US Coast Guard Historian |
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USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387) fires her five inch gun during Market Time operations off the coast of Vietnam, circa May 1967 - June 1968. Gresham was often called upon to provide gunfire support for friendly forces ashore in South Vietnam. She was called upon numerous times to bombard enemy staging areas, supply points, or troop concentrations several miles inland, and in each instance the accuracy of her fire has been sufficient to accomplish the intended objective. She is also equipped with several .50 caliber machine guns and 81mm mortars for use in short range combat.
US Coast Guard photo # Gresham-111767-1 (#8 of 10) by M. E. Beach, SN, USCG, |
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While on Market Time patrol two swift boats approach USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387) to receive food, ammunition and fresh crews. The speedy little swift boats help cover the Market Time patrol areas in closer to shore, but depend upon the larger ships for support. Normally the six-man swift boat crews spend 24 hours on patrol, then switch crews for the next 24. On many Market Time stations the relief crews actually live aboard the cutters while waiting for their next patrol.
US Coast Guard photo # Gresham-091367-1 (#9 of 10) by M. E. Beach, SN, USCG. |
Robert Hurst |
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Five white 311-foot cutters of Coast Guard Squadron Three, assigned to support Operation MARKET TIME tied up
alongside Navy repair ship USS Jason (AR-8) at Naval Station Subic Bay in the Philippines, 4 August 1967. From inboard to outboard:
USCGC Half Moon (WHEC-378);
USCGC Yakutat (WHEC-380);
USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387);
USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) and
USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382)
U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Coast Guard Photo Rel. No. 6201; August 4,1967
Photo by CDR Richard Morse, USCG, Commanding Officer USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) |
Robert Hurst and
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