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H H Hess (T-AGS 38) 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 H H Hess (T-AGS 38)

At the Naval Supply Center at Oakland, Cal., on 8 May 1978. USNS Vanguard (T-AGM 19), still with four dish antennas, is behind the long shed on the pier and the sewage waste barge SWOB 39 is in the left foreground.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file)

  USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38) on 8 May 1978
USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)

Being assisted by the Navy large harbor tug Winnemucca (YTB 785), which was assigned to the San Francisco, Cal., area. Note the absence of cargo booms except on the kingposts just forward of the bridge.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file)

  USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)
USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)

Underway in an unidentified Navy facility.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-283)

  USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)
USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)

A grayscale version of this photo was forwarded to Washington in 1986 by Oceanographic Unit Three. Note the row of portholes in the hull below the bridge house, which are present in most of these views.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: NavSource (color), NHHC (L-file, grayscale)

  USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38) circa 1986
USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38)

At Cape Canaveral in December 1991.

Photo No. DN-SC-92-06198
Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330)

  USNS H H Hess (T-AGS 38) in December 1991