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Photo # NH 97841:  USS Euryale at Sasebo, Japan, November 1945

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USS Euryale (AS-22), 1943-1971

USS Euryale, a 7600-ton submarine tender, was built at Kearny, New Jersey, as the civilian ship Hawaiian Merchant. She was acquired by the the Navy while under construction and commissioned in December 1943. From March 1944 until April 1945, Euryale supported submarines in the southwestern Pacific area, primarily at Manus, Admiralty Islands and Fremantle, Australia. After briefly serving at Pearl Harbor, in August 1945 she went to Guam and the next month moved further west to Japanese waters. For the rest of the year, she was based at Sasebo, Japan, preparing Japanese submarines for disposal. Euryale escorted some of these former enemy undersea vessels on a voyage to Pearl Harbor in early 1946, then went on to the U.S. west coast. She was decommissioned in October 1946 and spent some twenty-five years as part of the Reserve Fleet. USS Euryale was transferred to the Maritime Administration in December 1971 and subsequently sold for scrapping.

This page features all the views we have of USS Euryale (AS-22).


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Photo #: NH 97841

USS Euryale (AS-22)


At Sasebo, Japan, in November 1945.
She has three large Japanese submarines alongside. They are (from inboard to outboard): I-401, I-14 and I-400.

Donation of Evelyn W. Guthrie, 1987.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 77403

USS Euryale (AS-22)


Flying her long "homeward bound" pennant, as she arrives off San Francisco, California, circa 22 February 1946.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Euryale (AS-22). The following list features some of these images:

The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: 80-G-209569
    USS Euryale (AS-22) off New York, 5 January 1944.
    Port bow high aerial view, taken from a Naval Air Station New York aircraft.

  • Photo #: 80-G-209569
    USS Euryale (AS-22) off New York, 5 January 1944.
    High aerial view from directly off the bow, taken from a Naval Air Station New York aircraft.

  • Photo #: 80-G-380204
    USS Euryale (AS-22) in with two submarines alongside, in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, May 1944.
    Surface view taken from off the ship's port quarter. A Sailor's head is in the foreground.

  • Photo #: 80-G-264330
    USS Euryale (AS-22) in a western Pacific harbor, 26 September 1945.
    Starboard broadside surface view, with the ship standing out nicely against white clouds.

    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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