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Photo # NH 89218:  USS Egret during World War II

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USS Egret (AMc-24, later IX-181), 1941-1946

USS Egret, a coastal minesweeper, was converted from the civilian fishing vessel Julia Eleanor, which the Navy acquired in November 1940. Placed in service in June 1941 she had three years' operations in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River before being reclassified IX-181 in July 1944. She stricken from the Navy list in February 1946 and transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission in June of that year.

This page features our only view of USS Egret.

For a view of the fishing vessel Julia Eleanor, which looks quite different from the ship seen on this page, see:

  • Julia Eleanor (Fishing Vessel, 1937).

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

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    Photo #: NH 89218

    USS Egret (AMc-24)


    Photographed during World War II.

    Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 46KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     

    For a view of the fishing vessel Julia Eleanor, which looks quite different from the ship seen on this page, see:

  • Julia Eleanor (Fishing Vessel, 1937).


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


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