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Chandeleur (AV-10): 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 Chandeleur (AV-10)

Probably photographed in December 1942 soon after the ship's completion at San Francisco.

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


 
USS Chandeleur (AV-10)

Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 21 March 1943.

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


 
USS Chandeleur (AV-10)

Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 21 March 1943.

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


 
USS Chandeleur (AV-10)

At Apia, Samoa, on 20 April 1943 with a disassembled PBY-5 seaplane on deck.

Photo No. 80-G-K-6985
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS Chandeleur (AV-10)

Arriving in San Francisco Bay circa December 1945 with hundreds of homecoming servicemen on deck. The ship participated in Operation Magic Carpet between November 1945 and January 1946.

Photo No. NH 77405
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command