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Photo #  19-N-68322:  USS Shelikof on 26 April 1944.

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USS Shelikof (AVP-52), 1944-1960

USS Shelikof, a 1,766-ton Barnegat class small seaplane tender, was built at Houghton, Washington, and was commissioned in April 1944. After shakedown training at San Diego she sailed for the Pacific war zone, arriving at Eniwetok in July. There her repair facilities were modified to enhance her ability to repair aircraft radars. In August 1944 she moved to Saipan, where she helped make the former Japanese base capable of supporting U. S. aircraft. After three months of duty transporting spare parts and supplies between Central Pacific bases, Shelikof sailed from Saipan in March 1945 for the Okinawa operation. On arrival she established a base at Kerama Retto for PBM-5 seaplanes, which was used throughout the assault. She remained in the Okinawa area through the end of the war, shifting her seaplane base to Chimu Wan, Okinawa, in July.

After a brief period shuttling between Okinawa and Japan, Shelikof departed for the United States in October 1945. After overhaul at Norfolk between December 1945 and March 1946, she made a series of voyages to the Azores, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad. She arrived in the Canal Zone in June 1946 and operated from there until March 1947, when she sailed to Philadelphia for inactivation. She was decommissioned in June 1947.

Shelikof was recommissioned at Philadelphia in January 1952 and operated along the east coast from her home port at Norfolk for the next two and a half years. She commenced inactivation in July 1954 and was placed out of commission in the Texas Group of the reserve fleet in December 1954. She was sold in December 1960 to a ship operator in Piraeus, Greece, and became the merchant passenger vessel Kypros in 1961. She was renamed Myconos in 1964, Artemis in 1973, Artemis K in 1974, and Golden Princess in 1979. She sank in a storm at Perama, Greece, while laid up in January 1981.

This page features all our views of USS Shelikof (AVP-52).


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Photo #: 19-N-68322

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


Off Houghton, Washington, on 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning.
She was completed with three 5"/38 guns, including an open mount on her fantail. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax. Note that the starboard side of this scheme, shown here, differed greatly from the port side.

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

Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 19-N-68323

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


Off Houghton, Washington, on 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning.
She was completed with three 5"/38 guns, including an open mount on her fantail. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax. Note that the port side of this scheme, shown here, differed greatly from the starboard side.

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

Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 19-N-68324

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


Off Houghton, Washington, on 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning.
Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax.

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

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

 
Photo #: NH 66888

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


At the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in October 1952.
She is moored outboard of USS Beale (DDE-471) and another converted Fletcher-class escort destroyer. She has lost one of her two 5"/38 guns forward but retains her open 5"/38 mount aft.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 580 pixels

 
Photo #: 19-N-57214

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


Being christened by Mrs. F. D. Wagner during launching ceremonies on 31 January 1943.
The ship was built by the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington.

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

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 19-N-57217

USS Shelikof (AVP-52)


Being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 31 January 1943.

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

Online Image: 93KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Shelikof (AVP-52). 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-455359
    Starboard broadside aerial oblique view of USS Shelikof (AVP-52) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 6 May 1944. This and the following four photographs were taken by an aircraft from Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.

  • Photo #: 80-G-455360
    Port bow aerial oblique view of USS Shelikof (AVP-52) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 6 May 1944.

  • Photo #: 80-G-455361
    Port broadside aerial oblique view of USS Shelikof (AVP-52) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 6 May 1944.

  • Photo #: 80-G-455362
    Port quarter aerial oblique view of USS Shelikof (AVP-52) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 6 May 1944.

  • Photo #: 80-G-455549
    Starboard quarter aerial oblique view of USS Shelikof (AVP-52) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 6 May 1944.

    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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