Hermitage (AP-54) 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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S.S. Conte Biancamano (1925-1960) At Balboa in the Canal Zone on 11 June 1940. The Italian liner arrived there on 5 June 1940 and was ordered by Rome to delay her scheduled transit of the Canal enroute Gibraltar and Genoa from Chile because Italy was about to declare war on Britain. Canal Zone police were put on board to prevent sabotage, civil debt suits were filed against the ship, and on 27 June 1940 she was moved to an anchorage in Limon Bay near Cristobal. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Hermitage (AP-54) Photographed at the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. yard at Philadelphia, Pa., on 3 April 1942 shortly after her arrival from the Panama Canal Zone, where this former Italian ship had been interned and then taken over by the U.S. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Monticello (AP-61) Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard circa late May 1942 soon after her arrival from Brazil, where this ex-Italian liner had been interned, seized by Brazil, and sold by Brazil to the U.S. Navy. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19, Correspondence files, C-AP61 |
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USS Hermitage (AP-54) Underway on 15 September 1942 near the Philadelphia Navy Yard after completing conversion. Photo No. 19-N-35035A Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Monticello (AP-61) Underway on 15 September 1942 near the Philadelphia Navy Yard after completing conversion. Photo No. 19-N-35385 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Monticello (AP-61) Underway on 15 September 1942 near the Philadelphia Navy Yard after completing conversion. Photo No. 19-N-35386 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Hermitage (AP-54) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 26 March 1943 after receiving repairs and minor alterations there. Photo No. 19-N-44213 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Monticello (AP-61) Photographed on 15 December 1943 by an aircraft from Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, California. Photo No. 80-G-214094 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Hermitage (AP-54) Entering Pearl Harbor on 25 July 1946 carrying military personnel and dependents near the end of her Navy career. Both ships returned to service in the Italian merchant marine after the war. Photo No. 80-G-384480 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Conte Biancamano The former USS Hermitage shown in the 1950s after being reconverted and renovated for Italian civilian service. The bow of the elderly ship was restyled to give her a more modern appearance. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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