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USC&GS Discoverer The former Navy minesweeper Auk (AM-38) operating as a surveying ship for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey circa the 1930s. Photo No. BuShips 25330 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-NS |
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USS Crusader (ARS-2) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 23 March 1942, shortly after completing conversion to a civilian-operated salvage vessel. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Crusader (ARS-2) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 23 March 1942, shortly after completing conversion to a civilian-operated salvage vessel. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Brant (AT-132) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 14 August 1942. She was reclassified ARS-32 about three weeks after this photo was taken. She was probably converted to a salvage ship between late June and early August 1942, but she could have been converted in September and October. Photo No. 19-N-32381 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Brant (AT-132) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 14 August 1942. Photo No. 19-N-32383 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Warbler (ARS-11) Photographed on 11 June 1943 by a blimp based at Weeksville, N.C. Photo No. 80-G-71276 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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