The "Liberty" ship Granville S. Hall, built at Panama City, Florida, in 1944, was operated as a commercial freighter until June 1952, when she was laid up at Suisun Bay, California. About a year later, she was converted to a U.S. Navy vessel, designated YAG-40. Following completion of this work, the ship was placed "in service" and employed for scientific support work in the Pacific. Among her duties was the exploration of radioactive fallout patterns during nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands area. Late in 1957 YAG-40 was taken out of service and enered the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego, California.
Reactivated in May 1962, the ship was placed in commission in October of that year and, at about the same time, regained her original name, becoming USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40). During the remainder of the decade, she served in connection with Project SHAD ("Shipboard Hazards & Defense"), an investigation of the threats posed to Navy ships by chemical and biological agents. This mission ended in the early 1970s and, at the beginning of May 1971, USS Granville S. Hall was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and turned over to the Maritime Adminsitration. She was sold for scrapping in March 1972.
The SS Granville S. Hall was named in honor of Dr. Granville S. Hall (1844-1924), a pioneer in the academic study of psychology. That name was reapplied when the Navy reactivated the ship in the early 1960s.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40).
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Photo #: NH 98202 YAG-40 (Formerly the SS Granville S. Hall) Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. Note the large "B" painted on her smokestack. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 570 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98238 YAG-40 (Formerly the SS Granville S. Hall) Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 570 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98203 YAG-40 (Formerly the SS Granville S. Hall) Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98204 YAG-40 (Formerly the SS Granville S. Hall) Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: KN-12831 USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) Underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 8 November 1965. Photographed by Ph3 H.B. Greer, of Naval Air Station Barber's Point, Hawaii. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-12831. Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color. |
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Photo #: NH 64768-KN (color) Insignia: USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) Artwork of an emblem adopted in 1964. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 650 x 675 pixels |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of YAG-40 and USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40). The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
YAG-40 off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, after regular overhaul, 5 February 1957. Starboard broadside surface view, showing the ship with a large platform atop her foremast, increased boat stowage alongside her after kingpost and other modifications. As above, but starboard quarter surface view.
USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) in San Francisco Bay, California, after commissioning, November 1962. Starboard bow surface view, showing the ship with a large platform atop her foremast. She is riding rather high, forward. As above, but starboard quarter surface view. As above, but starboard broadside surface view (somewhat toward the stern).
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 23 November 2002
New image added 2 December 2002