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U. S. Grant (AP-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 Madawaksa (ID # 1356)

Photographed by Holladay of Newport News, Virginia, in port with much of her crew on deck circa late 1918 or early 1919.
This ex-German ship served between the wars as USAT U. S. Grant and during World War II as USS U. S. Grant.

Photo No. NH 103145
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USAT U. S. Grant

Underway in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippine Islands, on 23 October 1938.

Photo No. NH 93755
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)

Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 30 January 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-27215
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)

Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 30 January 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-27216
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)

Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 30 January 1942.

Photo No. 19-N-27217
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)

At New Orleans, Louisiana, on 25 April 1945.
The most conspicuous wartime modification was the addition of a tall pole and a small lattice radar mast behind the bridge.

Photo No. 19-N-82197
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM