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Photo # NH 106329:  USS Cebu off Baltimore, Maryland, 18 April 1944

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USS Cebu (ARG-6), 1944-1973

USS Cebu, a 4621 (light displacement) ton Luzon class internal combustion engine repair ship, was built at Baltimore, Maryland in 1943 as the "Liberty" type freighter Francis P. Duffy. Delivered to the Navy prior to completion, she was converted at another Baltimore area shipyard and placed in commission in mid-April 1944 as USS Cebu. After deploying to the Pacific Ocean, the ship went to the advanced base at Manus, in the Admiralty Islands, where she provided repair services during the Allied offensive into Japan's western Pacific empire. On 10 November 1944, she was nearby when the ammunition ship Mount Hood blew up. Five of Cebu's crew members were killed in this tragic accident, but their ship repaired her own damage and remained on station.

As the focus of combat surged northward in early 1945, Cebu moved to Ulithi, in the Caroline Islands, then went on to Leyte, in the Philippines, where she stayed for the remainder of the Pacific War. In late September 1945, soon after Japan's government surrendered, the repair ship began occupation duties in Okinawa and the former enemy's homeland. In mid-1946 Cebu supported Operation "Crossroads", the atomic bomb test program in the Marshall Islands. Steaming to the U.S. West Coast in September 1946, she was decommissioned there at the end of June 1947. Following a decade and a half in the Navy's Pacific Reserve Fleet, Cebu was transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration and, in September 1962, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. She was sold for scrapping in October 1973.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS USS Cebu (ARG-6).

For other photographs related to this ship and her World War era crew, see:

  • George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 106329

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Underway in Chesapeake Bay off Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, 18 April 1944.
    The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 6Ax.

    The original print is National Archives' Photo # 19-N-65151, in Record Group 19-LCM.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, in the Collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 90KB; 900 x 730 pixels

     

    Note: For drawings of Camouflage Measure 31, Design 6Ax, see Photo #s 80-G-173494 (port side) and 80-G-173495 (starboard side).

    Photo #: NH 106330

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Underway in Chesapeake Bay off Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, 18 April 1944.
    The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 6Ax.

    The original print is National Archives' Photo # 19-N-65152, in Record Group 19-LCM.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, in the Collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 102KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 83859

    Ex-USS Cebu (ARG-6)


    Laid up at Suisun Bay, California, 27 July 1972.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 900 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106325

    Captain George W. Stott, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Cebu (ARG-6)

    At his desk on board the ship, circa 1944-1945.

    Photograph from the George H. Dunn Album, donated by Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106323

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Group of crew members (with one officer and two chief petty officers among them) posed on the ship's foredeck, circa 1944-1945.
    Note paravane stowage and Cebu's bridge in the background.

    Photograph from the George H. Dunn Album, donated by Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106324

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Crew members gathered near one the ship's cargo-handling winches, circa 1944-1945.

    Photograph from the George H. Dunn Album, donated by Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106326

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Sailors and a Chief Petty Officer at work in one of the ship's shops, circa 1944-1945.
    This appears to be a photo lab, print shop or graphics office.

    Photograph from the George H. Dunn Album, donated by Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106327

    USS Cebu
    (ARG-6)

    Officer dancing with local women ashore, circa 1944-1945.
    The location is probably in the Philippines.

    Photograph from the George H. Dunn Album, donated by Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    For other photographs related to this ship and her World War era crew, see:

  • George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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