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Tolland (AKA-64) 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 Vinton (AKA-83)

The incomplete ship under tow from her builder's yard to the yard in which she was completed and converted.
Vinton, delivered 95.0% complete, departed Wilmington, N.C., on 8 September 1944 under tow by the War Shipping Administration's large seagoing tug Trinidad Head and arrived at Baltimore on 11 September. She is shown in Chesapeake Bay off Hawkins Point just before conclusion of the tow.

Photo No. 19-N-71223
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Torrance (AKA-76)

Photographed by the New York Navy Yard on 18 November 1944.

Photo No. 19-N-78527
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Alamance (AKA-75)

Photographed by the Charleston, S. C. Navy Yard on 15 January 1945.

Photo No. 19-N-77195
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Rankin (AKA-103)

Photographed by the Charleston, S. C. Navy Yard on 2 March 1945.

Photo No. 19-N-78669
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Todd (AKA-71)

Photographed circa 1945.

Photo No. NH 80008
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


  USS Todd
USS Trego (AKA-78)

Near the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 14 March 1946.

Photo No. 19-N-116657
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Vermilion (AKA-107)

Underway on 15 July 1963.

Photo No. KN 9103
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