13's....

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Ex-Adventurous T-AGOS-13 moored pierside at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pier, Norfolk, VA. Adventurous had yet to be activated by NOAA when this photo was taken on 11 July 1992.

Source: Source: US Naval History and Heritage Command

 

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USS Interdictor AGR-13 underway, date and location unknown.

US Navy photo.

 

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USS Cyrene AGP-13 underway, 9 October 1944, soon after completing conversion.

US Navy photo

 

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c. 1948/1950, sea trial in New York before heading up to Newfoundland, Canada for a survey run.

Source: Walt Parfenuk

 

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USS Benevolence AH-13 moored in Bikini Atoll lagoon, during Operation "Crossroads", mid-July 1946. Several of the operation target ships are visible in the background.

Source: US Naval Historical Center

Benevolence AH-13 off San Francisco's Golden Gate after being sunk by collision with SS Mary Luckenbach, 27 August 1950.
Source: Bill Gonyo

 

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USS Capella AK-13 near the Norfolk Navy Yard. 12 August 1943, after change of armament. She now has two 3"/50 on the forecastle and two 3"/50 and one 5"/38 on the poop. The area between the bridge and the smokestack is again empty except for a lattice radar mast.

Source: Mike Green

 

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USS Rutilicus AK-113 moored, probably while undergoing conversion for Naval Service in October 1943 at San Diego. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 11F.

Source: David Nixon

USS Rutilicus AK-113 moored, at a San Francisco shipyard, 13 October 1944. Note USS Mifflin APA-207 moored on the a joining pier.

Source: Ed Zajkowski

 

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USS Sussex AK-213 underway, location unknown, 27 March 1953.

Source: Mike Green

 

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Ex-Buckeye AN-13 in use as a salvage training hulk at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, November 1981.

Photo by Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.

 

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USS Trinity AO-13 at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown.

Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, Darryl Baker

 

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USS Mission Carmel AO-113 under way in San Francisco Bay for builders trials, circa May 1944.
Source: Robert Hurst

 

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Bureau of Ships Measure 32 Camouflage Design 11-A drawing for the port and starboard sides of USS Kaloli AOG-13, dated 1 May 1944. The three colors on the ship's vertical surfaces were light gray (5-L), ocean gray (5-O), and dull black (BK). The decks were painted deck blue.
Source: Mike Green

Ex-USS Kaloli AOG-13 in merchant service as MT Flying A in New York Harbor in 1955. Note the decommissioned aircraft carrier Ex-USS Enterprise (CV-6) laid up in the background.

Source: Mike Green

 

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USS George F. Elliott (AP-13), off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 1 January 1942. Note her Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage paint scheme.

Source US Naval Historical Center

Starboard bow view of USS George F. Elliott AP-13, off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 1 January 1942.

Source: Robert Hurst

Port side view of USS George F. Elliott AP-13 burning between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, after she was hit by a crashing Japanese aircraft during an air attack, 8 August 1942.

Source: US Naval Historical Center

 

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USS General Henry W. Butner AP-113 near Boston Naval Shipyard, 6 June 1947, after being altered there to carry military dependents. The number of personnel she could carry was reduced, and the four after Welin davits and their boats were removed. The ship had a Navy crew and retained her armament. Five sisters were similarly modified in 1946-1947. The paint scheme shown here was used briefly by the Naval Transportation Service in the late 1940s.

Source: Mike Green

 

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During the Russell Islands Occupation, February 1943, Marine Raiders head ashore from USS Sands APD-13, 23 February 23, 1943. They landed without opposition on Pavuvu Island.
Source: Mike Green

 

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Left to right, USS Earheart APD-113, USS Kline APD-120, USS Burke APD-65 and on the opposite side of the pier USS Hubbard APD-53 laid up in reserve at the US Navy's Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Florida site, September 1960.

Source: John Chiquoine

 

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USS Amphion (AR-13) moored pierside at the "Army Piers" (Norfolk International Terminal), Norfolk, VA. in February 1966.

Source: George Mc Leer USS Amphion 1966 - 68, R-4 Div Electronics Repair Shop

USS Amphion AR-13 under way off Hampton Roads, VA., 7 November 1969. The ship has lost her forward 5"/38 gun, and the small deckhouse near the bow has been greatly enlarged.

Source: Robert Hurst

 

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Menelaus on the 31st of July 1951.

Source: Interweb

 

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USS Anchor ARS-13 possibly in July 1946 during a brief stop at San Francisco enroute to decommissioning at Seattle.

Source: Robert Hurst