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Photo #: 19-N-51126 USS Valcour (AVP-55) Being christened by Mrs. H. C. Davis during launching ceremonies on 5 June 1943. The ship was built by the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-51127 USS Valcour (AVP-55) Being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 5 June 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 97KB; 580 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 49618 Captain Ernest M. Eller, USN As Commander, Middle East Forces, supervising a working party from the USS Valcour (AVP-55) repainting the name of USS Isla de Luzon on the rugged headland at the outer entrance of Muscat Harbor in November 1950. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98002 USS Valcour (AVP-55) Crew Fighting Tanker Fire Valcour's fire and rescue party cooling down the deck of the Italian tanker Argea Prima in May 1955 after controlling a fire with portable fire fighting equipment. The tanker, carrying 72,000 barrels of crude oil, had caught fire after a Dutch freighter collided with it in the entrance to the Persian Gulf. After four hours of work, Valcour was able to return the tanker to its crew, which had abandoned it following the collision. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 63KB; 415 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98003 USS Valcour (AVP-55) Liberty Party in the Seychelles Islands Valcour's boat carrying sailors in 1960 during the first visit of a U. S. Navy ship to the Seychelles Islands in 48 years. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 74KB; 580 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98005 Shaikh Isa bin Sulman Al-Khalifa The ruler of Bahrain departing USS Valcour (AGF-1) on 5 April 1967 after an official visit to Rear Admiral Earl R. Eastwold, USN, Commander Middle East Force. The Shaikh, his brother, and other dignitaries lunched on board with the Admiral. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 51KB; 505 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98004 USS Valcour (AGF-1) Gun Crew at General Quarters The crew of a 40mm twin mount practicing loading procedures while Valcour was on station in the Red Sea during the 1967 Middle East crisis. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 91KB; 510 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 71934-KN Insignia of USS Valcour (AGF-1) As supplied by the ship in April 1970. Features include a dhow, common in Middle East waters; numeral "1" for Valcour's hull number; Admiral's two star pennant, representing her flagship assignment; and a map of the Persian Gulf where she was homeported. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 124KB; 575 x 765 pixels |
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