Orizaba (AP-24): 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 Orizaba (ID # 1356) In pattern camouflage in 1918 during her World War I Navy service. The topmasts were removed from her two regular masts and a light pole was erected between the stacks to conceal the ship's direction of motion from attacking submarines. Photo No. NH 101700 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Orizaba (AP-24) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 29 October 1941. The two small guns on the bow are 3"/23 antiaircraft guns. Photo No. 19-N-25783 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Orizaba (AP-24) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 29 October 1941. She has two 5"/51 guns side by side on the stern, two 3"/23's between the smokestacks, and two more on the bow. Photo No. 19-N-25782 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Orizaba (AP-24) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 17 November 1942. The ship's four 3"/23 guns have been replaced by 3"/50's and her .50 caliber machine guns have been replaced by 20mm guns. Photo No. 19-N-37279 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Orizaba (AP-24) At sea circa 1944, probably off the U.S. coast. Photo No. NH 66876 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Orizaba (AP-24) On sea trials on 6 July 1945 after being refitted at Tampa, Florida, for loan to Brazil under Lend Lease. The hull markings on the bow and stern, "NTR-1," probably reflect her Brazilian classification as a Navio de Transporte. Photo No. 19-N-91267 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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