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USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) In San Francisco Bay on 14 December 1942 shortly after commissioning. Photo No. 19-N-39439 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) In San Francisco Bay on 14 December 1942 shortly after commissioning. Note the after 3"/50 gun, which was soon removed from the ships of this class. Photo No. 19-N-39440 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Coucal (ASR-8) Photographed by the Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 January 1946 showing wartime modifications. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, San Bruno, Calif., courtesy Joe Lewis |
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USS Greenlet (ASR-10) Photographed circa the late 1940s, after the after 3"/50 gun was removed and before three large buoys in quick release racks were fitted on each side of the ship amidships. Photo No. USN 1046254 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Florikan (ASR-9) Photographed circa the early 1950s by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Note the McCann rescue chamber in its normal position on deck aft and the new buoy installation amidships. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) Photographed on 30 September 1955 at Norfolk, Va., moored astern of USS Orion (AS-18). Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Florikan (ASR-9) Operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, on 17 October 1963. The original three colorful buoys on each side amidships have been replaced by two larger ones. Photo No. KN-7592 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Coucal (ASR-8) Photographed circa the 1960s or 1970s. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-283) |
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USS Sunbird (ASR-15) Photographed circa the 1980s or 1990s. Note the satellite communications antennas over the bridge wings. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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