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Lyon (AP-71): 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 Lyon (AP-71)

Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 October 1942.
The ship has a full load of landing craft, mostly on deck.

Photo No. 19-N-35854
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM

 
USS Lyon (AP-71)

Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 October 1942.
Note the 4"/50 gun at the stern on a platform just aft of and below the after pair of 3"/50 guns.

Photo No. 19-N-35855
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM

 
USS Lyon (AP-71)

Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 October 1942.
This ship retains the seven pairs of kingposts that were fitted to her as a merchant ship.

Photo No. 19-N-35856
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM

 
USS Lyon (AP-71)

In San Francisco Bay circa February 1946.
She has lost the pairs of kingposts at the extreme bow and stern. Her armament is also gone, probably having been removed soon after the end of the war.

Photo No. NH 77393
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command