West Point (AP-23): 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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S.S. America Shown on 2 June 1941 beginning conversion to USS West Point (AP-23). The Navy formally acquired the ship four days later. Photo No. 19-N-24561 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Near the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. on 15 June 1941, her commissioning date. External conversion work accomplished beweenn 2 and 15 June included repainting the ship and hanging liferafts over the promenade deck. The armament has not yet been installed. Photo No. 19-N-24557 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Near the New York Navy Yard on 24 July 1942. Photo No. 19-N-33287 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Near the New York Navy Yard on 24 July 1942. Photo No. 19-N-33289 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Photographed by USS Saratoga (CV-3) on 3 March 1943. West Point called at Melbourne, Australia, on 4-6 March during a voyage from San Francisco to Bombay, India, with over 7,900 passengers on board. Photo No. 80-G-36633 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS West Point (AP-23) In San Francisco Bay on 22 April 1944 Photo No. 19-N-77620 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS West Point (AP-23) After 5"/51 gun battery photographed at San Francisco on 22 April 1944. The two guns are in superfiring positions on the centerline at the extreme stern of the ship, with a blast screen protecting the lower gun. Note also the liferafts in their racks on the ship's side. Photo No. 19-N-77626 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Photographed on 12 June 1944 by a blimp based in South Weymouth, Mass. Photo No. 80-G-236609 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS West Point (AP-23) Steaming past the Statue of Liberty, bound for the New York City docks, while transporting troops home from Europe, 11 July 1945. Banners hanging from her superstructure identify the following U.S. Army units (from left to right): Fifth Corps; 347th Infantry Regiment; and 87th Infantry Division. Note West Point's pattern camouflage. Photo No. 80-G-K-5783 (Color) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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