Greenville Victory (T-AK 237) 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 Greenville Victory (T-AK 237) Photographed on 18 July 1951. Note the absence of empty gun positions on the bow and stern. The black mark below the foremast is on the ship, not the photograph. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK 237) Photographed by USS Atka (AGB 3) on 5 December 1957 in the open waters of Kainan Bay off the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctic during the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year. She now has an empty gun tub on the forecastle and a raised empty gun position near the stern. No guns were ever authorized for installation in these positions. Photo No. USN 812856 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Pvt John R Towle (T-AK 240) With other ships of Task Group 63 on 27 August 1957 while stopped in heavy ice in Foxe Basin during operations to resupply DEW Line stations in northeastern Canada and Greenland. The ships at the upper left include the Coast Guard icebreaker Westwind (WAGB 281), another Victory type cargo ship, and probably a T2 type tanker, an LSD, and a Navy (gray) icebreaker. Alatna (T-AOG 81) was also present but is outside this image. Pvt John R Towle has a raised empty gun position near her stern for which no guns were ever authorized. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Pvt John R Towle (T-AK 240) In the pier area of Mc Murdo Station, Antarctica, on 18 January 1969 as seen from Hut Point Road. Photo No. K-66656 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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