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USS Fomalhaut (AK-22)
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Fomalhaut, also called Alpha Piscis Austrini, the 18th star (excluding the Sun) in order of apparent brightness. It is used in navigation because of its conspicuous place in a sky region otherwise lacking in bright stars. It lies in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, 25 light-years from Earth. A white star, it has an apparent magnitude of 1.16. |
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C1 cargo vessel Cape Lookout, at Bethlehem Ship Beaumont, TX. in 1941. Cape Lookout was modified by the Navy the same year as
USS Fomalhaut (AK-22).
Photo by George Strock, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purpose. |
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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 |
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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. |
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USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) 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 |
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USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) 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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USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) 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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Starboard bow view of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) 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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Broadside view of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer
ammunition. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T.
Same as U.S. 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 |
Nicholas Tiberio and
Lou "Skip" Sander |
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Starboard quarter view of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) 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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Stern view of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, 24 November 1944, after being modified there to carry and transfer ammunition.
Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 8T.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Nicholas Tiberio |
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Port side view of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Mark Embeck for his Grandfather Henry Martin Embeck USS Fomalhaut |
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Group photo of USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) crewmen, 1946, location unknown. Henry Martin Embeck S2/c USNR, front row center. |
Mark Embeck for his Grandfather Henry Martin Embeck USS Fomalhaut |
USS Fomalhaut (AE-20)
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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 |
