Photo #: NH 97445
USS Rendova (CVE-114)
Mediterranean moored to the BAPCO pier at Bahrain, circa July
1948.
Mooring description from the original report: "A Mediterranean
type moor to the BAPCO pier was employed when the ship refueled.
The port anchor was dropped well up stream and thirty fathoms
of chain veered. The starboard anchor was then dropped and one
hundred and five fathoms of chain veered. At the same time the
amount of chain veered to the port anchor was increased to one
hundred and thirty-five fathoms. The stern was pushed around
until perpendicular to the dock and then secured to the dock
...".
The original photograph is in a 16 July 1948 report among USS
Rendova post-1946 Reports, held by the Naval Historical
Center's Operational Archives Branch, 1999.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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