Here's a good pic of the ship circa 1954. It
looks like the 20mm are there.
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Circa 1966
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Circa 1960
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Here is the WALWORTH COUNTY as the Paita ADT
141 in Peru's Navy
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Newport News Shipyard
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Main deck and superstructure. Who decided to paint the
clover leafs white? Looks like she joined the spit and polish Navy
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FN Blascowicz approaching ship in LCVP. Good shot of the
stern, superstructure, and the causeways
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Here's a pic supplied by Bob Gaetano of the ship
in New York's East River
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Circa 65/66
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Circa 65/66
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Circa 65/66
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USS CROAKER
SSN 246 alongside
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Here we are loaded down with a couple of hundred tons of
causeways trucks and other equipment. |
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Looking down the ramp toward the open bow doors.
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Embarkation
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Looking aft. In the foreground left is the ground
tackle for hauling the causeways up on the side of the ship. |
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Minesweeper approaches the port quarter for replenishment.
We refueled 5 minesweepers going across the Atlantic in Jan 1968. |
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MSO 469 Approaches |
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High lining with the MSO 469 USS SAGACITY |
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Replenishing the USS SAGACITY MSO 469 |
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MSO approaching Port Side |
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Helo offlaoding 1966
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Helo approaching 1969
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Helo about to land 1969
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Helo landed 1969
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Replenishment of stores by helicopter in the Med 1968. |
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Replenishment LST 1164, USS ASHLAND LSD 1 ? and other ships of
the 6Th Fleet. |
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A helicopter approaches, it can't land but it can hover and
drop a line down. |
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SN Hill is removed from the ship for a family emergency.
He's the orange dot below the helo at the bow of the ship. 1968 |
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Bow doors open inner door down and out comes an amtrack from
the tank deck. |
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The invasion is on. A line of amtracks launched from the
belly of the Walworth County approaches the beach. |
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Here the WALWORTH COUNTY is high lining with the USS FREMONT
APA 44 in the Med 1968. |
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The FREMONT's screws come out of the water. Remember
the cavitations, thought it would shake the fillings out of my teeth. |
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The end of the Med cruise. Offloading the troops and their
gear in Moorhead City 8 June 1968 |
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A good picture of the forward gun tub 3"50
Mt31 starboard side with Mike Barnaba. |
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Rich Kneiren taking a photo of a Russian ship
breaking our formation. Playing chicken with them was a game we played. |
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The Russian again with an LSD in the background,
probably the ASHLAND LSD 1 |
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Painting up the main deck after offloading. Looking
forward toward port gun tub. |
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Forward Mt 32 port side |
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Main deck looking aft Portsmouth Va. dry dock
early 1967 |
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USS LIBERTY GTR5 summer of 67 returned to the US
after being attacked by Israel during the 6 day war |
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