Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) 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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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) At Madang, Papua New Guinea, in a photo released on 30 January 1964 and probably taken in December 1963. The signal flags hung between two masts spell "Merry Christmas" and the sign painted on her hull says "Seasons Greetings to Madang." Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG-175) Southwest Pacific Survey Location Chart, showing surveys conducted between 18 May 1963 and 1 November 1965. Photo No. Unknown Source: Wikipedia, from U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Geomagnetic Surveys 1953 — 1965 (https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/635686.pdf) |
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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) Probably shown between 1963 and 1965 while involved in the Southwest Pacific Survey. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) Probably shown between 1963 and 1965 while involved in the Southwest Pacific Survey. This poor quality view features the large helicopter deck that was essential to the ship's surveying work. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) Probably shown between 1963 and 1965 while involved in the Southwest Pacific Survey. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sgt Curtis F Shoup (T-AG 175) This view probably shows Sgt Curtis F Shoup after reassignment from Pacific survey duty to the SOSUS program in the Atlantic and Mediterranean in 1967. She is across a pier from Dodge County (LST 722), which was active in the Atlantic between 1961 and 1969, and a Thomaston (LSD 28) class ship. A possible location is Little Creek, Va. The boat davits forward of the bridge on Shoup have been removed. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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