Suamico (AO-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 Cowanesque (AO-79) Near Baltimore, Md., on 6 May 1943 after completing conversion there. Photo No. 19-N-44409 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Saranac (AO-74) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 20 June 1943. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Saugatuck (AO-75) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 21 June 1943. Photo No. 19-N-48364 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Schuylkill (AO-76) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 24 April 1943. In this ship, as an experiment, the smokestack aft was disguised as a big cowl and a dummy smokestack was installed amidships. The purpose was to persuade a U-boat skipper that the ship was a freighter rather than a more valuable tanker. The experiment was not repeated. Photo No. NH 92252 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Chepachet (AO-78) Probably shown in San Francisco Bay after returning there in February 1946 for decommissioning. Photo No. NH 77392 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Cowanesque (T-AO-79) Shown as a civilian-manned MSTS tanker, probably in the early 1950s. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Chepachet (T-AO-78) Shown as a civilian-manned MSTS tanker, probably in the 1950s. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Pecos (T-AO-65) Shown as a civilian-manned MSTS tanker carrying neither cargo nor ballast, probably in the 1950s. Photo No. 19-N-47642 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Tallulah (T-AO-50) Entering Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 February 1964. Photo No. USN 1088985 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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