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USS Patuxent (AO-44) In the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, Md., on 9 November 1942 just after conversion. Photo No. 80-G-212760 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Mattaponi (AO-41) Off the Norfolk Navy Yard on 5 May 1943. She was headed for Europe with deck cargo that included two PT boats. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Monongahela (AO-42) Photographed circa 1952 with a much-reduced armament of four 40mm twin and two 20mm twin AA mounts. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Neches (AO-47) Photographed circa 1955 with an armament of two 3"/50, two quadruple 40mm, and four 20mm twin mounts. All of the guns except 2-20mm twin mounts were aft. The cruiser on the left is USS Juneau (CLAA-119). Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Mattaponi (AO-41) Beginning to recommission in 1956 for the Suez crisis with USS Kennebec (AO-36) alongside. Note that both ships had been fully rearmed with four or five 3"/50 guns before being decommissioned. Note also the extreme contrast in bow forms between the two classes. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Mattaponi (AO-41) Photographed by USS Hornet (CVS-12) in the Gulf of Tonkin on 18 December 1968. She is departing after refueling USS Parsons (DDG-33), visible in the background. Photo No. USN 1135066 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Tappahannock (AO-43) In the South China Sea on 1 August 1969. She is preparing to refuel the carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33). Photo No. USN 1141717 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Neches (AO-47) Near Subic Bay, Philippines, on 18 February 1970. Photo No. K-81888 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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