Storm King (AP-171) 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 Storm King (AP-171) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 3 April 1944. This ship can easily be distinguished from her sister by the radar mast forward of the stack, the lookout station on top of the foremast, the two separate kingposts in the bow, and the lack of any Welin davits for landing craft. Photo No. 19-N-64628 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Starlight (AP-175) Near the New York Navy Yard on 4 May 1944. In this ship, the radar mast was stepped on top of the foremast rather than on the superstructure as in her sister. This displaced the lookout station, and the two kingposts in the bow had to be connected by a lattice crossbar to provide a new location for it. This ship also received two Welin davits on the main deck aft of the superstructure. Photo No. 19-N-66449 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Starlight (AP-175) Near the New York Navy Yard on 4 May 1944. Note the radar mast on top of the foremast and the lookout station in its new position on the goalpost mast in the bow. The piles of liferafts were typical of wartime troop transports, which generally had few if any lifeboats. Photo No. 19-N-66451 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Starlight (AP-175) Near the New York Navy Yard on 4 May 1944. Note the two Welin davits on the main deck aft of the superstructure. These were absent from her sister ship. Photo No. 19-N-66453 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Storm King (AP-171) In San Francisco Bay at the conclusion of a Magic Carpet voyage between October 1945 and July 1946. The ship appears to have lost her armament, suggesting that the photo was taken in 1946. Photo No. NH 96685 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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