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USS Catskill (LSV-1)
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b>Catskill - The Catskill Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills
are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700,000-acre (2,800 km2) forest preserve forever protected from many forms of development under New
York state law. ( Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0;)
Photo - Central Catskills from Twin south summit, photo by Daniel Case, 2006-08-12 Licensing -Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Map - Railroads in the Catskills. Despite what the map says, nearly the entirety of this map is of the Catskills. East of the Hudson River are The Berkshires and the Taconic Mountains,
and to the far north (central and northern Albany County, and far-northern Schoharie County) are the Appalachians. |
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Catskill (AP-106) under construction on 7 February 1944, at the Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, OR. The ship is
being completed as a transport with facilities to carry vehicles on her former mine deck, and the mine ports in the stern have been plated over. Work has not yet begun
to implement a mid-1943 decision to add a stern gate and ramp for launching amphibious vehicles.
US Navy photo # 19-N-61180 a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Bow view of USS Catskill (LSV-1) underway near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 8 July 1944.
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Stern view of USS Catskill (LSV-1) underway near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 8 July 1944.
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) under way near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 10 July 1944.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69095, RG-19 LCM. a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) under way near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 12 July 1944.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69092, RG-19 LCM. a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) broadside view while underway near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 12 July 1944.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69091, RG-19 LCM. a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) broadside and stern views while underway near her builders yard, Willamette Iron & Steel, Corp., Portland, OR., 12 July 1944.
Her main asset was the ramp, visible in both photos, leading from her former mine deck to the water, down which amphibians could be launched.
US Navy photos. Text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) under way in San Diego Bay during a shakedown cruise in August 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 31 Design 15L. |
Eldon Brodie, GM1 USS Catskill June 1944 - August 1946 |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) under way, date and location unknown.
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Hyperwar US Navy in World War II |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) is partially visible to the far right of this photo of USS Teton AGC-14) in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 27 July 1945. Taken from on board an LCM landing craft by PH1 R. Schuddekopf, assigned to Commander, Amphibious Group Twelve.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6446 (Color), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
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USS Catskill (LSV-1) moored stern to, date and location unknown. |
J. Dougherty for his father Thomas Dougherty MM2 (Diver) USS Catskill WWII |
USS Catskill (MCS-1)
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USS Catskill (MCS-1) under way 1968 location unknown. Note davits for holding Minesweeping Launches (MSL)and ships' boats.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Catskill (MCS-1) under way 1969 location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Catskill (MCS 1) moored to a buoy at Hong Kong, BCC, 1969. |
Photo by Larry Lee |
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USS Catskill (MCS-1) photographed from an aircraft from
USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) while underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, 29 June 1969. The minesweeping launches in the davits include
MSL-22, 23, 27, 28 and 29.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-69091, RG-19 LCM. a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of
the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Unknown artist drawing of USS Catskill (MCS-1) while underway. |
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USS Catskill (MCS-1) under way, date and location unknown.
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USS Catskill (MCS-1) recommissioning commemorative coins.
(The crew apparently moved aboard in August which explains the date on the coins vice the actual recommissioning date of 6 October 1967.) |
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