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Sgt Jonah E Kelley (T-APC 116) 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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USAT Sgt Jonah E Kelley

In Army service between 1946 and 1950.

Photo No. None
Source: jonahedwardkelley.com/honors/usat-sgt-jonah-e-kelley/


USAT Sgt Jonah E Kelley
USNS Sgt Jonah E Kelley (T-APC 116)

Probably photographed on 25 February 1951 in the MSTS Atlantic Area with the photo later forwarded to a new operational commander on 15 September 1953.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)


USNS Sgt Jonah E Kelley (T-APC 116) on 25 February 1951
USNS Sgt George D Keathley (T-APC 117)

Photographed in January 1955 in port, probably in Japan, by a Commander Naval Forces Far East photographer.

Photo No. 80-G-1031949 (also NHHC NH 98933)
Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-80-G)


USNS Sgt George D Keathley (T-APC 117) in January 1955
USNS Sgt Joseph E Muller (T-APC 118)

Photographed during the 1950s. Her modifications for troop carrying included the portholes in her hull side, the low deckhouse amidships, and a probable refrigeration unit with vents just forward of the bridge house.

Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file)


USNS Sgt Joseph E Muller (T-APC 118) during the 1950s
USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-APC 119)

Photographed circa the mid-1950s.

Photo No. 80-G-1032017
Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-80-G)


USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-APC 119) circa the mid-1950s
USNS Sgt Jonah E Kelley (T-APC 116)

Departing the U.S. Naval Station, Argentia, Newfoundland, on 10 February 1966. This photo was sent by the ship's captain to Sgt. Kelley's mother on 13 January 1967.

Photo No. None (U.S. Navy photograph)
Source: jonahedwardkelley.com/honors/usns-sgt-jonah-e-kelley/


USNS Sgt Jonah E Kelley (T-APC 116) on 10 February 1966
USNS Sgt George D Keathley (T-AGS 35)

At the Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard during the late 1960s with USNS Sands or Lynch (T-AGOR 6 or 7) or both of them nearby.

Photo No. NH 98935
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


USNS Sgt George D Keathley (T-AGS 35) in the late 1960s
USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-AG 169)

Bristling with antennas after her conversion to a Technical Research Ship in 1962. Note the large vertical cylindrical bases on some of the whip antennas and the small dish antenna on the forecastle

Photo No. None
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file)


USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-AG 169)
USNS Sgt Joseph E Muller (T-AG 171)

Underway off Key West, Florida, on 19 August 1968 with an electronics fit very different from that on Valdez.

Photo No. K-56397
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


USNS Sgt Joseph E Muller (T-AG 171) on 19 August 1968
USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-AG 169)

In Port, Monrovia, Liberia, in 1968/69 with a large TRSSCOMM antenna newly added on her stern.

Photo No. None
Source: www.angelfire.com/ct3/usnsvaldeztag169/ valdezshippictures6.html


USNS Pvt Jose F Valdez (T-AG 169) in 1968/69