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Leedstown (AP-73): 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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S.S. Santa Rosa

One of the three handsome sisters of S.S. Santa Lucia, which became USS Leedstown (AP-73) in 1942.
She is probably shown transiting the Panama Canal during the 1930s.

Photo No. None
Source: Shipscribe


 
USS Leedstown (AP-73)

Near the New York Navy Yard on 12 September 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-34061
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Leedstown (AP-73)

Photographed by the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 October 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-34063
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM


 
USS Leedstown (AP-73)

Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 7 October 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-34062
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command