Silver Cloud (IX-143) 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 Alameda (AO-10) At the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 March 1921. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer," Portsmouth, Virginia. After a convoluted career this ship rejoined the Navy as USS Silver Cloud (IX-143) in 1944. Photo No. NH 103100 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Laramie (AO-16) This sister of USS Alameda (AO-10), later USS Silver Cloud (IX-143) was photographed near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 9 October 1941 about ten months after activation. She carries an armament of two 5"/51 low-angle guns (fore and aft), four 3"/50 antiaircraft guns, and four .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine guns. Photo No. 19-N-25815 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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S.S. Sweep (American tanker, 1919) Probably shown circa 1943 following extensive repairs and augmentation of her armament. This ship, originally USS Alameda (AO-10) operated as S.S. Olean from 1925 until she was torpedoed twice in the engine room on 15 March 1942. Towed into Hampton Roads, Virginia, she was first declared a total loss but on 13 June 1942 was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and then reconstructed as S.S. Sweep. She became USS Silver Cloud (IX-143) in 1944. Photo No. Unknown (possibly 80-G-272245) Source: Arthur D. Baker III |
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