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Photo # NH 67226:  Capt. Paul L. Mather takes command of USS Ancon, Sept. 1942.

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USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946 --
On Board Views taken through June 1943


This page features views taken on board USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4) from her acquisition by the Navy through June 1943.

For other images concerning USS Ancon, see:

  • USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946.


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

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    Photo #: NH 67226

    Captain Paul L. Mather, USN


    Takes command of USS Ancon (AP-66), September 1942.

    Donation of Captain George W. Mead, Jr., USN, 1969.

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

    Online Image: 83KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-215040

    Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN
    (center)
    Commander, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet

    Watches maneuvers from on board USS Ancon (AGC-4), 31 May 1943.
    The officer at right is not identified.

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

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-215041

    Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN
    (right)
    Commander, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet

    On board USS Ancon (AGC-4), 31 May 1943.
    Note the photographer at left.

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

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 575 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-42487

    General Sir Harold Alexander, British Army
    (left center), Deputy Commander in Chief, Allied Forces in the Mediterranean,
    with
    Lieutenant General George S. Patton, U.S. Army (center), Commanding General, Seventh U.S. Army,
    and
    Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN (right)

    On board USS Ancon (AGC-4), Kirk's flagship, during an inspection tour prior to the invasion of Sicily, 23 June 1943.

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

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-215052

    General Sir Harold Alexander, British Army
    (left),
    with
    Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN

    On board USS Ancon (AGC-4) at Mers el Kabir, Algeria, on 23 June 1943.

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

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 565 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 68943

    Naval Convoy Heading for Sicily


    Convoy of assault transports from Norfolk, Virginia, enroute to the Sicily landings via Oran, Algeria, photographed on 26 June 1943 from USS Ancon (AGC-4).
    The raised twin 40-mm mount and its associated director, one on each side amidships, was a conspicuous feature of USS Ancon.
    Note that the transports have some of their landing craft rigged out over the side. The line of transports is led by a destroyer.

    Courtesy of Col. Robert L. Clifford, USA (Ret.), 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     

    For other images concerning USS Ancon, see:

  • USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946.


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


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