Aquila (AK-47): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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S.S. Tunis This Danish cargo ship is shown laid up at New York, probably in mid-1941 soon before she began conversion to USS Aquila (AK-47). Photo No. 19-N-25115 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Aquila (AK-47) Photographed by the Boston Navy Yard on 4 August 1942. Photo No. 19-N-31686 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Aquila (AK-47) Photographed by the Boston Navy Yard on 4 August 1942. Photo No. 19-N-31685 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Aquila (AK-47) Photographed by the Boston Navy Yard on 4 August 1942. Photo No. NH 92646 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Aquila (AK-47) Photographed by the Norfolk Navy Yard on 28 June 1943 after an overhaul. The radar mast was added during this overhaul. Photo No. 19-N-51947 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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