Bear (AG-29): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Bear (AG-29) Underway during the 1939-1941 Antarctic expedition led by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The relatively short smokestack is evidence of the diesel propulsion that the ship received between 1935 and 1939. The extra boom aft of the mainmast was for handling a small Barkley-Grow seaplane, for which a low stowage platform was fitted there in 1939. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Bear (AG-29) At West Base, Antarctica, on 10 January 1941. She is receiving her first mail from home in twelve months. The dog team and its driver are waiting for another load of letters. Note the full barkentine sail rig that she carried on this expedition, which ended in May 1941. Photo No. NR&L(M) 25715 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Bear (AG-29) Near the Boston Navy Yard on 2 July 1941. Her sailing rig, topmasts, and bowsprit have been removed. Note the Grumman J2F-1 seaplane on the platform aft of the mainmast. Photo No. 19-N-24310 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Bear (AG-29) Near the Boston Navy Yard on 2 July 1941. Her sailing rig, topmasts, and bowsprit have been removed. Note the Grumman J2F-1 seaplane on the platform aft of the mainmast. Photo No. 19-N-24309 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Bear (AG-29) Probably shown near the Boston Navy Yard on 16 February 1943. The ship was refitted in 1942 for operation by the Navy on the Northeast Greenland Patrol. Her mizzen mast and aircraft were among the items removed. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Bear (AG-29) Probably shown near the Boston Navy Yard on 16 February 1943. The ship was refitted in 1942 for operation by the Navy on the Northeast Greenland Patrol. Her mizzen mast and aircraft were among the items removed. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Bear The remains of Bear photographed by Basil Q. Emanuel circa 1960, probably in Nova Scotia. The ship generally resembles her 1943 appearance, but her engine and smokestack have been removed. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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Photographs of Bear in two earlier parts of her career, in the Navy in 1884-1885 and in the
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard from 1885 to 1929, are presented on a separate page.