Ormsby (APA-49) Class: 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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USS Sheridan (APA-51) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 September 1943. Photo No. 19-N-50851 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Ormsby (AP-49) At San Francisco on 18 July 1943, a few weeks after commissioning. Photo No. 19-N-48854 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Sheridan (AP-51) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 September 1943. Photo No. 19-N-50852 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Pierce (APA-50) Off Hunters Point, San Francisco, on 17 July 1945. Note the twin 40mm mount in the enlarged gun tub outboard of the forward goalpost mast. Two such mounts were added forward and two more replaced the 1.1" quadruple mounts aft in all three ships of this class in 1945. Photo No. 19-N-90208 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Pierce (APA-50) Off Hunters Point, San Francisco, on 17 July 1945. Photo No. 19-N-90207 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Pierce (APA-50) Off Hunters Point, San Francisco, on 17 July 1945. Note the armament aft, including the two twin 40mm mounts that replaced the ship's original two 1.1" quadruple mounts. Photo No. 19-N-90209 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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