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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 95389
USS Ancon (AGC-4)
In Chesapeake Bay on 8 May 1943, after conversion from a troop
transport to an amphibious command ship (AGC).
Note that some of her civilian bow ornamentation, although painted
over, is still visible.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 605 pixels
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