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Photo # NH 99063:  USS Ponchatoula in the floating drydock USS Richland, during the 1970s

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USS Ponchatoula (AO-148, later T-AO-148), 1956-1999 -- Part II


This page features additional views related to USS Ponchatoula (AO-148, later T-AO-148).

For other photographs of this ship, see:

  • USS Ponchatoula (AO-148, later T-AO-148), 1956-1999.


    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 #: USN 1139571

    USS Ponchatoula
    (AO-148)

    Prepares to refuel USS Coontz (DLG-9), in the South China Sea, July 1969.
    Another guided missile frigate is pulling away in the distance.
    Photographed from on board Coontz.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 520 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1139571.

     
    Photo #: NH 99062

    USS Ponchatoula
    (AO-148)

    Tugs maneuver the ship into position for approach on USS Richland (AFDM-8), in preparation for drydocking at Guam during the 1970s.

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

    Online Image: 88KB; 525 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99063

    USS Ponchatoula
    (AO-148)

    Seen from astern while drydocked in USS Richland (AFDM-8), at Guam during the 1970s.
    Barge YC-1458 is in the foreground.
    Original caption: "The size of the ship's propellers is evident in this photograph taken in drydock."

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

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99061

    USS Ponchatoula
    (AO-148)

    Drydocked in USS Richland (AFDM-8), at Guam during the 1970s.
    Original caption: "Ponchatoula gives the appearance of a 10-inch hot dog in a 6-inch roll in this photograph."

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

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 72436-KN (color)

    USS Ponchatoula (AO-148)

    Ceramic plaque of the ship's insignia adopted in about 1956.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 650 x 675 pixels

     

    For other photographs of this ship, see:

  • USS Ponchatoula (AO-148, later T-AO-148), 1956-1999.


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


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