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S.S. Normandie Shown during her first year of operation in 1935. The ship was then modified to eliminate vibration aft, to enlarge some public areas, and to widen her bridge wings. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Normandie Photographed on 20 August 1941 while laid up at the French Line's Pier 88, at New York. She had been in the custody of the U.S. Coast Guard since the fall of France to the Nazis in June 1940. Photo No. 80-G-410223 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Lafayette (AP-53) Burning in the evening of 9 February 1942 at Pier 88 after nearly completing conversion to a Navy transport. The fire has spread the length of the superstructure, and the ship is listing because of the water from the firefighting tugs that were attempting to protect the lower parts of the ship and the pier. Photo No. 80-G-5324 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Lafayette (AP-53) Photographed fully capsized in her berth at Pier 88, probably within a few days of the fire. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Lafayette (AP-53) Photographed on 22 February 1942 fully capsized in her berth at Pier 88 shortly before salvage operations began with the removal of her superstructure. Photo No. 80-G-410243 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Lafayette (AP-53) A detail view of the capsized ship taken circa late February 1942. Portions of her armament are visible, including two 3"/50 guns forward of the bridge and a 20mm gun on the bridge wing. Photo No. NH 51197 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Lafayette (AP-53) Shown during pumping operations to right the ship in August or early September 1943. Photo No. 80-G-K-3880 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Lafayette (APV-4) Being towed from Pier 88 to the drydock at the New York Navy Yard's Bayonne Annex in New Jersey circa 1 November 1943. Photo No. 80-G-K-3864 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Lafayette (APV-4) Photographed on 28 June 1945 while laid up at the New York State Barge Canal Terminal Pier adjacent to the Todd yard at Erie Basin, Brooklyn. Note the large number of ships (Navy, Army, and merchant) under repair in the Erie Basin facility. Photo No. BA 332725 (Cochrane collection) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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