El Coston (AK-60): 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. Bienville As completed as a coastal passenger ship in 1924. The ship was nearly destroyed by a fire in 1925 and was rebuilt as the freighter El Coston. Photo No. 4849 Source: Steamship Historical Society of America (Viez Collection). Used with permission. |
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S.S. El Coston Photographed in the late 1920s or 1930s. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. El Coston Photographed in the late 1920s or 1930s. Photo No. 2071 Source: Steamship Historical Society of America (Graham Collection). Used with permission. |
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S.S. El Coston Photographed by the U.S. Coast Guard arriving at an American East Coast port on 14 November 1942. Photo No. None Source: Steamship Historical Society of America (Shaw Collection). Used with permission. |
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