Libra (AKA-12) Class: 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 Titania (AK-55) Photographed on 27 May 1942. Note the heavy central kingpost added to the pair of kingposts forward of the bridge to give the ship the ability to handle heavy landing craft. Photo No. Not Assigned Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Titania (AK-55) Photographed on 27 May 1942. Photo No. Not Assigned Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Oberon (AKA-14) Photographed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 7 February 1944. Photo No. 19-N-60517 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Oberon (AKA-14) Photographed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 7 February 1944. Photo No. 19-N-60519 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Oberon (AKA-14) Photographed during or soon after World War II. Note the two triple sets of kingposts, one fore and one aft, the tall center kingposts in each supporting the ship's 40-ton booms. Photo No. USN 1044329 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Titania (T-AKA-13) In Wonsan Harbor, Korea, circa 1951. Photographed from USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884). Between 1949 and 1953 she served as a commissioned vessel under the operational control of MSTS. Photo No. 80-G-433793 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Libra (AKA-12) In Hampton Roads, Va., on 11 August 1952. Note the use of heavy triple kingposts in this class in place of the quadrupod masts in later classes. Photo No. NH 97856 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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