Denebola (AF 56) 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 Regulus (AF 57) Photographed by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 8 December 1955 showing the after pair of 3"/50 gun mounts that were part of her full conversion to a fleet underway replenishment ship. These were later removed to make way for a helicopter deck. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-156) |
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USS Regulus (AF 57) Photographed by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 8 December 1955 after her full conversion to a fleet underway replenishment ship. She carries four twin 3"/50 gun mounts, all on the centerline as in AE 21-22. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-156) |
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USS Regulus (AF 57) Alongside USS Philippine Sea (CVS 47) on 2 April 1958 during the carrier's last 7th Fleet deployment. Note the forward pair of 3"/50 twin mounts on the centerline. Photo No. USN 1039813 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Denebola (AF 56) In the 1960s with a helicopter deck in place of the after two 3"/50 gun mounts. Her sister Regulus was similarly modified. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Perseus (T-AF 64) Photographed in the Pacific on 21 December 1963 while on MSTS point-to-point service. She and her sister Asterion (T-AF 63) had no underway fleet support capability. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Asterion (T-AF 63) Probably photographed in 1967 while on MSTS point-to-point service. The negative is marked "MST-8-5-67." Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Asterion (T-AF 63) At the Army reefer docks in Alameda, Calif. on 27 July 1969 ready for cargo handling with booms over the pier. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USS Regulus (AF 57) Aground with her back broken on Kau Yi Chau Island at Hong Kong on 10 September 1971 after being driven ashore there in a typhoon. Her decommissioning ceremony is taking place on her helicopter deck. Photo No. K-91037 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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