Republic (AP-33): 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 President Grant (ID # 3014) Photographed by E. Muller Jr., of New York in New York Harbor in 1919 showing her original configuration with six masts and a large break between the navigating bridge and the rest of the amidships superstructure. This ex-German ship was renamed Republic in 1924 while in merchant service and subsequently served in both the Army and the Navy. Photo No. NH 104956-A Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USAT Republic Shown in peacetime service during the 1930s. Her rig was reduced to four masts and the gap in her superstructure was filled in during a major reconstruction for post-World War I merchant service in 1922-1924. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Republic (AP-33) Probably at the New York Navy Yard on 20 September 1941. The date on the photo is probably incorrect, because the image appears to show the ship after commissioning in July 1941 and before the installation on the bow in August 1941 of a large platform carrying two 3"/23 guns antiaircraft guns. Photo No. 19-N-25092 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM (mis-filed under AP-76) |
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USS Republic (AP-33) Photographed in 1942. The antiaircraft gun platforms on the bow and stern now contain 3"/50 guns, which replaced the original 3"/23 guns in October 1941. Photo No. 80-G-15928 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Republic (AP-33) Photographed in 1942. Photo No. 80-G-15927 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Republic (AP-33) Photographed on 23 November 1944 by a blimp based at Santa Ana, California. Photo No. 80-G-272769 Source: U.S. National Archives, from a print in RG-19-LCM |
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USAT Republic Shown circa 1947, possibly between 19 July and 3 August 1947. She is in her final configuration as an Army troop repatriation transport. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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