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Photo # 80-G-455262:  USS Casco underway, 3 March 1943

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USS Casco (AVP-12), 1941-1949

USS Casco, a 1,766-ton Barnegat-class small seaplane tender, was built at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, and was commissioned in December 1941. She moved in May 1942 to the Aleutians, where her duties included surveying the islands and laying moorings for seaplanes as well as providing tender services. While at anchor in Nazan Bay in August 1942 Casco was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61. She was beached to prevent sinking and, after being refloated in September, underwent battle damage repairs and modifications at Puget Sound.

Casco returned to the Aleutians in March 1943 and in May particpated in the recapture of Attu. She left the Aleutian theater in November 1943 and, after repairs at Puget Sound, arrived in the Marshall Islands in February 1944. She tended seaplanes during the occupation of Majuro and Kwajalein, carried cargo during the buildup for the Philippine operations in late 1944, and supported not only seaplanes but also a squadron of motor torpedo boats during the Okinawa invasion in the spring of 1945. Casco returned to the West Coast in July 1945 for two months of upkeep. Her postwar activities included service in the Philippines between October 1945 and April 1946 and a brief period of training duty at Galveston, Texas. Casco was decommissioned in April 1947 and was loaned to the Coast Guard in April 1949. She served out of Boston, Massachusetts as the cutter Casco (WAVP-370, later WHEC-370) for the next twenty years. She was returned to the Navy in March 1969 and expended as a target in May 1969.

This page features all our views of USS Casco (AVP-12).


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

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Photo #: 19-N-41932

USS Casco (AVP-12)


In Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942.
Her main armament has been doubled to four 5"/38 guns.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 560 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-41933

USS Casco (AVP-12)


In Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942.
Her main armament has been doubled to four 5"/38 guns.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 580 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-41934

USS Casco (AVP-12)


In Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of repairs. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in the Aleutian Islands on 30 August 1942.
Her main armament has been doubled to four 5"/38 guns.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 595 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-42039

USS Casco (AVP-12)


Running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-42040

USS Casco (AVP-12)


Running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 80-G-455262

USS Casco (AVP-12)


Running trials off Vashon Island in Puget Sound, Washington, on 3 March 1943 upon completion of battle damage repairs.

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

Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 80-G-65978

USS Casco (AVP-12)


In Massacre Bay at Attu Island in the Aleutians in about May 1943 soon after the U.S. recaptured the island.
A PBY-5A "Catalina" patrol bomber is taking off on a patrol.

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

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 610 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 


The following photographs show USS Casco (AVP-12) distantly, while she was under construction:

Photo #: NH 84924

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


View from the east on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
Among the ships present are:
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the near side of the long pier nearest the camera;
USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock nearest the camera;
USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the right center of the photo;
USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the far side of the most distant long pier. Aroostook, at left. is being disassembled. Prometheus is being prepared for recommissioning.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 176KB; 900 x 745 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 84925

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


View from the north on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
Among the ships present are:
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the left side of the long pier in left center;
USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock at left;
USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the center of the photo;
USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the right side of the long pier in right center.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 228KB; 900 x 745 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 84926

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


View from the south on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
Among the ships present are:
USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the left side of the long pier in left center;
USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the center of the photo;
USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the right side of the long pier in right center;
USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock at right.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 196KB; 900 x 745 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 84927

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


View from the west on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
Among the ships present are:
USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3), at right, and USS Prometheus (AR-3), center, alongside the near side of the long pier closest to the camera;
USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock at left;
USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the far side of the most distant long pier;
USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock in the upper left.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 180KB; 900 x 750 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Casco (AVP-12). 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-10890
    USS Casco (AVP-12) aground in Nazan Bay, Alaska, after being torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-61 in August 1942.
    Distant port broadside aerial view with two ships including Avocet (AVP-4) assisting.

  • Photo #: 80-G-455263
    USS Casco (AVP-12) running trials off Vashon Island, Washington, on 3 March 1943.
    A starboard quarter view in the same series as 80-G-455262, above.

  • Photo #: 80-G-77099
    USS Casco (AVP-12) at Attu on 14 May 1943.
    Port broadside surface view with a Japanese landing barge alongside and a PBY seaplane astern.

  • Photo #: 80-G-475595
    USS Casco (AVP-12) at anchor at Attu in July 1943.
    View of the forecastle and the two forward 5"/38 guns taken from the ship's bridge.

  • Photo #: 80-G-475684
    USS Casco (AVP-12) at anchor in Massacre Bay, Attu, in July 1943. Photographer was Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol, USNR.
    Port bow surface view, with an LCVP alongside.


    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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