1950-57  Ship Pictures

            The following private collection is the property of Bob Settles, who served on four U.S. Navy Ships from 1951 through 1957.  Most pictures were taken on an Argus C-3 , developed into slides, then digitized to 450 or 1024 pixels on the long dimension as displayed in this collection.  An occasional junk or sampan is thrown in for contrast or color.  Many of the pictures are included within individual stories in the Seven Years a Sailor collection.  Copyright laws apply. Enjoy!

            For brevity and clarity, the complete list of ships follows the pictures, insofar as they are known.   The pictures are shown in rough sequence as seen between June 1951 and June 1957.

Two Battleships Wisconsin and Missouri in Norfolk: One cruise on each.	Wisconsin's 16" Guns As viewed from the bow between anchor chains	Crow's Nest view Wisconsin "smoking white" looking toward the fantail	Rooster Tail During speed trial, the white wake was 40ft. high	Wisconsin Grounded Tug pushes as Wisconsin floats aground in New Jersey
DE-509 Transferring mail to the USS Formoe in a black bag	DE-418 Bow up during fuel transfer from USS Missouri	DE-418 Taking on water while taking on fuel in 1953	DD-711 Coming alongside for transfer of supplies or mail	LSD-19 Manages water-craft for Marine amphibious exercises
LST-391 A no-name ship used in Little Creek exercises 1952	AVP-39 Navy's secret little cruise ship resting in Alameda NAS	Bow View Gardiner's Bay decked out with summer shade	Seaplane Tending Refueling a patrol plane from the fantail (stern)	Transport AP-??? In Pearl Harbor across pier from Gardiner's Bay
AV-4 Large seaplane tender relaxing in Pearl Harbor	Going Home Green water over the bow headed to Frisco, Dec 1955	Liberty Ships Mothball fleet in storage near Stockton, California	Private Cargo Loading coal by hand in Chi-lung Harbor, Taiwan	Nationalist Gunboats Which struck terror on mainland China during high tide
Supply Ship Providing logistic support for the Nationalist gunboats	Captain's Gig And crew's liberty boat in Chi-lung Harbor	DD-530 Anchored in Tokyo Bay, Yokosuka Naval Facility	DD-846 Anchored under Jane Russell mountain, Sasebo Bay	DD-869 Perfectly framed by Jane Russell Mountain, Sasebo Bay
CVA-12 The Grey Ghost appears in Tokyo Bay	PT Boats Arriving as station ship Hong Kong, Crown gives escort	Junk Under Sail One of many picturesque junks in Victoria Harbor	Repulse Bay Victoria Island displays floating homes and sampans	Mary Soo's Girls Goodbye celebration firecrackers on leaving Hong Kong
LST-821 Borrowed photo of LST (large, slow, target)	LST Bow View Admiral's flagship ready to stress-test a minesweeper	Flagship Sternview With admiral and HUP-2 aboard, let's blow up a sweeper	Refueling MSO Non-magnetic minesweeper refueling underway	Tied to Mama MSCs Warbler, Widgeon and ? tied to flagship 802
MSO Sternview Paravanes, floats, as seen on sweeper's working end	MSTS Sundeck Luxury transport home across the great circle to SF

1.            USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64)  Battleships

2,3,4,5,  Wisconsin scenes

 6.           USS Formoe (DE-509) Destroyer Escort

7, 8        USS Tabberer (DE-418) Destroyer Escort

9.            USS Eugene A. Green (DD-711) Destroyer

10.          USS Comstock (LSD-19) Landing Ship Dock

11.           LST-391:  A no-name Landing Ship Tank

12,13,14  USS Gardiner's Bay (AVP-39) Small Seaplane Tender

15.           Unknown Transport dockside in Pearl Harbor

16.           USS Curtiss (AV-4) Seaplane Tender in Pearl Harbor

17.            Gardiner's Bay (AVP-39) Bow down taking green water

18.            Liberty ships in mothball fleet near Stockton, California   

19.            Cargo ship loading coal in Chi-Lung, Taiwan

20.            Nationalist gunboats in the Pescadores at low tide

21.            Nationalist supply ship at anchor in the Pescadores

22.            Gardiner's Bay Captain's GIG and crew's liberty boat in Chi-Lung harbor   

23.            USS Trathen (DD-530) Destroyer

24.            USS Ozbourn (DD-846) Destroyer

25.            USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) Destroyer

26.            USS Hornet (CVA-12) Aircraft Carrier, a.k.a the Gray Ghost

27.            English PT boats escort the Gardiner's Bay into Victoria Harbor 

28.            Chinese Junk on which several families probably lived

29.            Repulse Bay boats, which are often permanent homes for residents

30.            Infamous Mary Soo and her working girls bid us farewell from Hong Kong

31.            USS Harnett County (LST-821) Landing Ship Tank

32.            USS Hamilton County (LST-802) loaded for testing integrity of MSC

33.            Hamilton County stern view: Ready for first Westpac tour as minesweep tender

34.            Hamilton County refueling MSC underway     

35.            USS Warbler (MSC-206) and USS Widgeon (MSC-208) tied to flagship

36.            Non-magnetic MSCs sternview, showing sweeping gear

37.            MSTS luxury ship during return transportation to San Francisco

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