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Photo # 19-N-24267:  USS Aroostook at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, 18 June 1941

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USS Aroostook (AK-44) -- Views taken in 1941-1943


This page features all the views we have concerning USS Aroostook after she was redesignated AK-44.

For other views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44), 1917-1943.


    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 #: 19-N-24273

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 18 June 1941, while being dismantled in preparation for an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service. She had been laid up since March 1931.

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

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-24267

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 18 June 1941, while being dismantled in preparation for an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service. She had been laid up since March 1931.

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

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-24272

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 18 June 1941, while being dismantled in preparation for an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service. She had been laid up since March 1931.
    Note the mine laying rails at her stern, and her generally rusty condition.

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

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-24269

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    View on board, looking aft from the bow, 18 June 1941. Taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The ship was then in the early stages of an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service after having been laid up since March 1931.
    Note the metal roof covering her deck machinery.

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

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-24268

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    View on board, looking forward from the bridge, 18 June 1941. Taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The ship was then in the early stages of an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service after having been laid up since March 1931.
    Note the metal roof covering her deck machinery. The ship's bell is in the center foreground.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. 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 #: 19-N-24270

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    View on board, looking aft from the bridge, 18 June 1941. Taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The ship was then in the early stages of an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service after having been laid up since March 1931.

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

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-24271

    USS Aroostook
    (AK-44, ex CM-3)

    View on board, looking forward from the stern, 18 June 1941. Taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The ship was then in the early stages of an abortive attempt to return her to active Navy service after having been laid up since March 1931.
    Note the propeller and anchor stowed on her deck.

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

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 84927

    Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


    View from the west on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
    Among the ships present are:
    USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3), at right, and USS Prometheus (AR-3), center, alongside the near side of the long pier closest to the camera;
    USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock at left;
    USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
    USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the far side of the most distant long pier;
    USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock in the upper left.

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

    Online Image: 180KB; 900 x 750 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84926

    Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


    View from the south on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
    Among the ships present are:
    USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the left side of the long pier in left center;
    USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the center of the photo;
    USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
    USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the right side of the long pier in right center;
    USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock at right.

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

    Online Image: 196KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84925

    Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


    View from the north on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
    Among the ships present are:
    USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the left side of the long pier in left center;
    USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock at left;
    USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
    USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the center of the photo;
    USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the right side of the long pier in right center.

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

    Online Image: 228KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84924

    Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


    View from the east on 25 July 1941, taken from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington.
    Among the ships present are:
    USS Barnegat (AVP-10) and USS Biscayne (AVP-11), fitting out on the near side of the long pier nearest the camera;
    USS Casco (AVP-12) and USS Mackinac (AVP-13), under construction in the drydock nearest the camera;
    USS Colorado (BB-45), alongside the middle of the three longest piers;
    USS Utah (AG-16), in drydock in the right center of the photo;
    USS Aroostook (AK-44, ex-CM-3) and USS Prometheus (AR-3), alongside the far side of the most distant long pier. Aroostook, at left. is being disassembled. Prometheus is being prepared for recommissioning.

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

    Online Image: 176KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     

    For other views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44), 1917-1943.


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


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