Vulcan (AR-5) 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 Vulcan (AR-5) Near the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 August 1941 two months after completion. Note the splinter protection (gun tubs) around the 5"/38 gun mounts. Photo No. 19-N-25376 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Vulcan (AR-5) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 10 June 1942 wearing pattern camouflage. The splinter protection around the 5"/38 gun mounts has been removed. Photo No. 19-N-30314 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Ajax (AR-6) Off San Pedro, California, on 23 November 1943. Photo No. 19-N-85764 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Jason (ARH-1) Photographed in pattern camouflage between her completion in 1944 and the end of the war. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Vulcan (AR-5) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 10 January 1945. Photo No. 19-N-97729 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Jason (ARH-1) Underway during the 1950s while still classified as the Navy's only heavy hull repair ship (ARH). Her appearance was essentially identical to that of her repair ship (AR) sisters. Photo No. USN 1106431 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Jason (AR-8) Underway after her 5" guns were removed circa 1974. Note that the mainmast is now a tall tripod. Photo No. USN 1106431 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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