This page features views taken on board USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4) from her acquisition by the Navy through June 1943.
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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For other images concerning USS Ancon, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 31 March 2004