Widgeon (ASR-1) 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 Falcon (ASR-2) Off Pensacola, Florida, on 23 December 1924 with steadying sails set soon after being permanently assigned to submarine rescue and salvage duties. Photo No. NH 54140 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Falcon (ASR-2) Anchored over the sunken USS Squalus (SS-192) circa 24 May 1939, a day after that submarine sank on trials. The rescue chamber on Falcon's stern brought 33 of the submarine's crew to safety. Photo No. NH 57508 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Chewink (ASR-3) Underway on 30 June 1942. Note the two small 3"/23 guns forward. Photo No. NH 90209 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Mallard (ASR-4) Probably photographed early in World War II. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Widgeon (ASR-1) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 October 1943. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Widgeon (ASR-1) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 October 1943. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Widgeon (ASR-1) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 October 1943. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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