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747k | Drydocks of the Industrial Department Apra Harbor, Guam. The two large drydocks are;
USS ABSD-3 USS ABSD-6 are shown in the center with their storage island USS ARDC-3 USS ARD-24 and USS ARD-26 are shown in the background. US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
09670605 |
646k | USS ABSD-6 during submergence test (maximum) trials, date unknown, Apra Harbor, Guam.
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
09670604 |
595k | USS ABSD-6 personnel inspection, 10 February 1945, at Apra Harbor, Guam.
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
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73k | USS LCI(G)-80 lies alongside USS LCI(G)-449 as the enter USS ABSD-6, probably at Guam, date unknown. US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst | ||
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91k | USS LST-643 and USS LST-759 approaching USS ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-379466, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Nancy Reed | ||
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USS LST-643 and
USS LST-759 entering USS ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-379467, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR and Nancy Reed to honor her father-in-law Dallas Dwain Reed CM2/c USNR SV-6 USS LST-643 |
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USS LST-643 and
USS LST-759 in the forward end of USS ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-379468, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Nancy Reed to honor her father-in-law Dallas Dwain Reed CM2/c USNR SV-6 USS LST-643 | ||
1016064308 |
765k |
USS LST-643 and
USS LST-759 in the forward end of USS ABSD-6 at Guam, May 1945. (Note caption should read LST 759 and 643 in dock from ABSD 6)
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR Robert Haven USNR | ||
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128k | USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 approaching USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-379469, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
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143k | USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 in the aft end of USS ABSD-6, Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-N-379472, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
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115k | USS Makin Island (CVE-93) halfway into USS ABSD-6, at Guam, 8 June 1945. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
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29k | USS ARD-26 is in front of USS ABSD-6 in this photo with barges alongside at Apra Harbor, Guam, circa 1944-45. Note USS ARD-26 has her bow painted black while the rest of her hull is painted traditional gray. Unfortunately, this image of the two dry docks tends to blend them together. | Fred Basye USS ARD-26 | ||
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95k | USS ABSD-6 with USS South Dakota (BB-57) drydocked after an accidental explosion, 6 May 1945, while rearming from USS Wrangell (AE-12). US Navy photo, courtesy of Cathy Verschelden |
Mauer D. Rell, S1/c USS South Dakota August 1943 - December 1946. | ||
0408713 |
233k | Because of structural twisting damage from the 5 June 1945
typhoon, USS Duluth (CL-87) was diverted to Guam for repairs
with USS Pittsburgh CA-72),
USS Blue (DD-744),
and USS Stockham (DD-683)
from TF38.1. Duluth is seen in this set in drydock USS ABSD-6 between 14 June and 5 July. She was able to
rejoin the carrier forces in mid-July.
Photos by J R Eyerman, Life Magazine. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose. |
John Chiquoine | ||
0408717 |
143k | USS Duluth (CL-87) entering and being worked on in advance base
drydock USS ABSD-6. Views are at the Guam fleet anchorage between 2 and 4 July 1945. Duluth had had hull twisting damage in the 5 June typhoon
in TG38.1. She returned to active operations later in July.
Photos by J R Eyerman, Life Magazine Used for educational and non-commercial purpose. |
John Chiquoine | ||
09670609 |
537k | USS Duluth (CL-87) drydocked in advanced base drydock USS
ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam for repairs to her hull caused by the Typhoon of 5 June 1945. Duluth was drydocked from 14 June to 5 July 1945.
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
0408718 |
143k | USS Duluth (CL-87) entering and being worked on in advance base drydock USS ABSD-6 Views are at the Guam fleet anchorage
between 2 and 4 July 1945. Duluth had hull twisting damage in the 5 June typhoon in TG38.1. She returned to active operations later in July.
Photo by J R Eyerman, Life Magazine. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose. |
John Chiquoine | ||
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09670601 |
717k | USS Duluth (CL-87) entering USS ABSD-6, 8 July 1945. Duluth had
hull twisting damage in the 5 June typhoon in TG38.1. She returned to active operations later in July.
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
09670602 |
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09670606 |
323k | A LSM entering USS ABSD-6 at Apra Harbor, Guam, date unknown.
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
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94k | USS LSM-32 and USS LCI(L)-992 entering USS ABSD-6 at Guam, date unknown. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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95k | USS LSM-112 and USS LSM-334 entering USS ABSD-6 together at Guam, Marianas Islands, 27 July 1945. In the background are USS LSM-426 and USS LSM-276 | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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145k | USS Holland (AS-3) afloat in USS ABSD-6 at Apra Harbor, Guam, in August 1945 having Mount 52 removed as part of her conversion by ship's company to an internal combustion engine repair ship (ARG-18). Mount 53, aft, was also removed using the dock's crane. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Stillwater collection. |
Mike Green | ||
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65k | USS LSM-279 entering USS ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas Islands for repairs, 15 January 1946. US National Archives photo # 80-G-37967 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Richard Schatz MoMM3/c USS LSM-279 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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55k | USS LSM-491 and USS LSM-308 entering USS ABSD-6 at Apra Harbor, Guam, Marianas Islands, date unknown. US Navy photo |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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72k | USS LSM-27 entering USS ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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85k | USS LSM-27 drydocked in the Advanced Base Dock USS ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. | Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association |
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76k | USS LSM-348 and USS LSM-85 entering the Advanced Base Dock ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
100300317 |
565k | USS Zeilin (APA-3) approaching USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guan, circa 1944-1945
US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven, USNR | ||
09670607 |
647k | USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guan, October 1945 with (from back to front): YMS-357 and SC-1041; USS LSM-163; USS APc-103 and USS APc-98; Partial view of USS Spear (AM-322) an unidentified patrol craft aand USS Staff (AM-114) (not showning) in her dock. US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
09670608 |
674k | USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guan, circa July 1945 with nine LCTs and one LCI(L) in her dock including; LCT-1177, LCT-1000, LCT-801, LCT-801 LCT-910 LCT-1337 and an unidentified LCI(L) US Navy photo |
Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR | ||
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771k | USS Torrance (AKA-76) in floating dry dock USS ABSD-6 at Guam,
9 to 17 August 1945.
US Navy photo | Joe Johnson for CDR Robert Haven USNR | ||
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR. Wait, Girvin B., USNR | 28 September 1944 - 7 November 1945 |
| 02 | CDR. Thorne, Thomas Smith, USN (USNA 1920) | 7 November 1945 - 25 March 1946 |
| 03 | LCDR. Wiley, Ralph Alvin, USN | 25 March 1946 - 29 June 1946 |
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