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USS Artemis (AKA-21) Photographed by her builder on sea trials on 23 August 1944. Photo No. 19-N-107279 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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USS Athene (AKA-22) Off the Boston Navy Yard on 9 October 1944. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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USS Sylvania (AKA-44) Probably photographed in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946. Photo No. NH 78598 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Pamina (AKA-34) Arriving at San Francisco in late 1945 or early 1946 on a Magic Carpet voyage bringing servicemen home from the western Pacific. This ship became USS Tanner (AGS-15) in May 1946. Photo No. NH 78581 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Athene (AKA-22) At Pearl Harbor on 27 March 1946, where she was preparing to participate in the Bikini atomic bomb tests. Photo No. 19-N-115182 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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USS Maury (AGS-16) At anchor off the Mekong Delta in April 1967 with her four 32-ton soundboats lined up alongside. The tall lattice mast over the bridge was fitted to both ships in the late 1950s or early 1960s. A helo operates from the platform on the fantail, from which in the late 1940s she operated a Grumman J2F "Duck" seaplane. Photo No. 19-N-91014 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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USS Thor (ARC-4) Photographed in May 1962 after removal of her AKA quadrupod mast. Her sister, Aeolus (ARC-3) had lost her quadrupod by May 1961. Photo No. NH 82142 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Aeolus (T-ARC-3) Operating as a MSTS ship off Norfolk on 4 April 1974 soon after transfer from the regular Navy. Note the additional structure above the cable sheaves and the large buoys on either side forward. The foremast has been replaced by a mast over the bridge. Photo No. DN-SN-89-00612 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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