Aeolus (ARC 3) 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 Aeolus (ARC 3) Preliminary design sketch for the initial conversion, probably copied from a damaged transparency. Note the bow cable sheaves, the cable machine on the forecastle deck, the cable measuring and testing room under the bridge, and the three cable tanks or wells, the forward one being deeper than the after two. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-437) |
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USS Aeolus (ARC 3) After her initial cable ship conversion in 1955. She retains her AKA quadrupod mast aft and her AKA-style bridge. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Thor (ARC 4) The bow cable sheaves after the 1955 conversion, photographed at the conversion yard. Photo No. BUSHIPS 153860, NAID 7575741 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Thor (ARC 4) Inside a cable tank after the 1955 conversion, photographed at the conversion yard. Photo No. BUSHIPS 153842, NAID 7575723 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Thor (ARC 4) The cable machine on the forecastle after the 1955 conversion, photographed at the conversion yard. A cable buoy is stowed behind the mast. Photo No. BUSHIPS 153853, NAID 7575734 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Aeolus (ARC 3) Underway in her original cable ship configuration. Note the two large cable buoys stowed against the bridge face. Photo No. Unknown Source: www.ussaeolus.com |
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USS Thor (ARC 4) On 23 January 1958 in essentially her original configuration after a regular overhaul at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. She still has her quadrupod after mast and her original bridge structure. Photo No. BUSHIPS 158401, NAID 7575760 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Aeolus (ARC 3) At the East Boston annex of the Boston Naval Shipyard in March 1961 with a new after mast and new upper bridge in a temporary color, suggesting they had just been installed. The former USS Kingfish (SS 234) is in the foreground awaiting a tow to the breakers. Photo No. None. Photo by Dick Leonhardt from his Flickr site Source: www.flickr.com/photos/35033278@N00/353818430/in/album-72157606646665607/ |
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USS Aeolus (ARC 3) At Pearl Harbor after removal of the AKA quadrupod mast and fitting of a new upper bridge optimized for cable laying operations. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Thor (ARC 4) In May 1962 without the quadrupod mast and with the new upper bridge. Photo No. USN 1061106 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Aeolus (ARC 3) With further changes to the bow sheaves. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-164) |
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USNS Thor (T-ARC 4) During her brief period of MSC operation. The mast on the forecastle has been replaced with one on the bridge. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Aeolus (T-ARC 3) In MSC operation on 4 April 1974 off Norfolk, Va. The mast on the forecastle has been replaced with one on the bridge. Note the two cable buoys stowed against the front of the bridge house and the two in the sleds on the sides forward. Photo No. DN-SN-89-00612 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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