Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) 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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SS Marine Eagle (later T-AK 255) In use as a cargo ship during World War II with guns embarked. The large doors in her side are reminders of her original design as a tank carrier. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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SS Marine Eagle (later T-AK 255) A small view showing the original rig of this unique ship. The goalpost foremast indicates she was built by Sun at Chester, Pa., the C4's built by Kaiser had pole foremasts. In contrast with Marine Fiddler (AK 267), her forecastle deck originally extended well aft of the bridge house. Photo No. None Source: NavSource |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) A United Press photo dated 21 March 1954, probably provided by the Bethlehem Steel Co., showing the ship's new heavy lift rig. It consisted of a 60-foot mast, 80-foot booms, and 8 to 16-foot long cargo blocks. The rig allowed the ship to handle loads of up to 150 tons, making her the heaviest-lift ship under the U.S. flag. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) A photograph by the Bethlehem Steel Co. dated 5 April 1954 showing the ship as converted by Bethlehem's 56th Street (Brooklyn, N.Y.) yard to a heavy lift ship with a capacity of single boom lifts of up to 150 long tons at the hook. A near sister, Marine Fiddler (AK 267) was similary converted at Bethlehem's Hoboken (N.J.) yard. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) Another photograph by the Bethlehem Steel Co. dated 5 April 1954 showing the ship as converted to a heavy lift ship. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) Photographed in the Far East on 17 February 1955 with a deck load that included Army tanks. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) Photographed on 30 September 1964 by Utility Squadron 5, based at Atsugi, Japan. Photo No. USN 108363 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) Photographed on 30 September 1964 by Utility Squadron 5, based at Atsugi, Japan. Photo No. USN 1108362 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Pvt Leonard C Brostrom (T-AK 255) Lightering cargo ashore at Diego Garcia on 23 March 1980. The ship was nominated for retirement two weeks later. Photo No. K-127419 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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