Photo #: NH 99750
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view forward, seen from off the port side amidships, while
the ship was at Alameda, California, 11 April 1943.
Weight-shifting track spanning the deck in the lower left indicates
that an inclining experiment is in progress.
Note the life raft hung on the foremast shrouds.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99751
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view forward, seen from off the port side looking toward
the pilothouse, while the ship was at Alameda, California, 11
April 1943.
Weight-shifting track spanning the deck indicates that an inclining
experiment is in progress.
Note the life raft hung on the foremast shrouds and arrangement
of booms and winches by the foremast.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99752
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view amidships, looking forward and to starboard, showing
the top of the ship's superstructure. Taken at Alameda, California,
11 April 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship, including
20mm anti-aircraft guns and their ready-service magazine lockers.
Building in the right background is marked "United Engineering
Co. Ltd."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99753
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view amidships, looking to starboard, showing davits and
motor whaleboat, with the base of the smokestack beyond. Taken
at Alameda, California, 11 April 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99754
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view aft, looking toward the starboard quarter. Taken at
Alameda, California, 11 April 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship, among them
20mm anti-aircraft guns on elevated platforms.
Ships in the distance are under construction at the Moore Dry
Dock Company. The ship at the extreme right is USS Comet
(AP-166).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99755
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view of the after well deck, showing arrangement of booms
and deck machinery by the mainmast. Taken at Alameda, California,
11 April 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship, among them
20mm anti-aircraft guns on elevated platforms.
Note the life raft at the deck edge.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99756
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view of the ship's stern, taken at Alameda, California,
11 April 1943.
Guns visible include a 5"/51 at right, and two 3"/50s
on raised platforms in left center.
Note the Moore Dry Dock Company shipyard in the right distance.
One of the ships fitting out there is a Landing Ship Dock (LSD).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99762
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view, amidships and aft, taken from off the ship's starboard
bow while she was docked at San Francisco, California, on 21
August 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations.
Open lighter YC-881 is partially visible in the right
background. USS Ganymede (AK-104) is in the left distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99763
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view, forward, taken from off the ship's starboard side
amidships while she was docked at San Francisco, California,
21 August 1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 99764
USS Calamares (AF-18)
Plan view, aft, taken from off the ship's starboard side amidships
while she was docked at San Francisco, California, 21 August
1943.
White outlines mark recent alterations.
Note crates of provisions atop the after end of Calamares'
midships superstructure, railway car float in the left background,
and open lighter YC-882 partially visible in the right
background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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