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Photo # 80-G-668276:  USS Orca. underway on 4 April 1955

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Orca (AVP-49), 1944-1962 --
Photos taken in 1947-1962


This page features all the 1947-1962 views we have of USS Orca.

For additional views of USS Orca, see:

  • USS Orca (AVP-49).


    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 #: 80-G-445892

    USS Catalpa (AN-10)


    An annotated view of her rig showing the arrangement of her radar and other electronic antennas. Photographed at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, on 21 December 1951.
    USS Orca (AVP-49) is shown in the background a week after being reactivated.

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

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 625 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-445891

    USS Catalpa (AN-10)


    An annotated view of her foremast showing the arrangement of her radar and other electronic antennas. Photographed at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, on 21 December 1951.
    Note the sailor climbing the mast.
    USS Orca (AVP-49) is shown in the background a week after being reactivated.

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

    Online Image: 132KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-668276

    USS Orca (AVP-49)


    Underway on 4 April 1955.
    Note the aviation insignia on the bow aft of the hull number. The open 5"/38 mount formerly on her fantail was removed between late 1951 and 1955.

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

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97805

    USS Orca (AVP-49)


    Arriving at Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon, on 23 February 1960 for inactivation after a transit from San Diego.
    A tug is pushing the ship towards the pier as the special sea detail crewmen take slack out of the mooring lines.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Orca (AVP-49). 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-1078562
    USS Orca (AVP-49) viewed broad on the starboard bow while underway in a channel on or before 16 July 1955. The photo is framed with palm leaves.

  • Photo #: USN 1059112
    Starboard broadside view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059113
    Port broadside view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059114
    Starboard bow view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059115
    Starboard quarter view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059116
    Port bow view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059117
    Port quarter view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059118
    Direct bow view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

  • Photo #: USN 1059119
    Direct stern view of USS Orca (AVP-49) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 19 December 1961, showing the ship as modified for transfer to Ethiopia.

    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".

  • For additional views of USS Orca, see:

  • USS Orca (AVP-49).


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


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