Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) 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 Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Port broadside identification view taken on 11 May 1962. Photo No. USN 1060376 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Port quarter view taken on 11 May 1962. Photo No. USN 1060575 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Beached with vehicles ashore in the mid-1960s with USS Forrestal (CVA 59) passing in the background. The carrier has lost her forward guns and all but the bottoms of their sponsons but still has her after guns. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-281) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Beached with vehicles ashore during the 1960s. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-164) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, with USS Scorpion alongside. This is believed to be the last time Scorpion was photographed before she was lost with all hands in May 1968 Photo No. NH 68135 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, with USS Scorpion alongside. This is believed to be the last time Scorpion was photographed before she was lost with all hands in May 1968 Photo No. NH 68141 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Beached at Souda Bay, Crete, in November 1968. Photo No. NH 97229 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) Leaving Pier 47 for Dry Dock (Bacino) No. 2 at Naples, Italy, on 2 January 1969. Photo No. K-80753 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB 2) In Dry Dock (Bacino) No. 2 at Naples, Italy, on 2 January 1969. An Italian ocean liner, probably Giulio Cesare or Augustus, is in the distance to the left. Photo No. K-80754 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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