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Photo # NH 99166:  USS Beaver at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 12 September 1943

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Beaver (AS-5, later ARG-19), 1918-1950 --
World War II Views


This page features all the World War II views we have concerning USS Beaver (AS-5, later ARG-19).

For other views related to USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


    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 #: NH 99164

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 September 1943.

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

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99165

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 September 1943.

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

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99166

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 September 1943, with a railway crane placing supplies on her forward gun platform.
    Note the blanked off portholes in the ship's hull side.

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

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99167

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Plan view of the ship's midships and after portion, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 September 1943.
    Note liferafts, motor launches stowed amidships, and mainmast.

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

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99168

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Plan view amidships, looking forward on the port side, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 September 1943, with a railway crane placing supplies on her forward gun platform.
    Note sand-filled fire buckets in the lower left foreground, marked "Fire Only".

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

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99169

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Plan view aft, looking forward on the port side, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 September 1943.
    Note 5"/51 guns on the ship's fantail, with her after steering gear between them, and a 3"/50 gun mounted at the after end of the deck above.

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

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     

    For other views related to USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


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


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