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29 May 1943: Philadelphia Navy Yard - The christening of six destroyer escorts in a dry-dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The three ships in the foreground
are (from left): USS Enright (DE 216), USS
Coolbaugh (DE 217) and USS Darby (DE 218). Those in the background are (from left),
USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE 219), USS
Francis M. Robinson (DE 220) and USS Solar (DE 221).
(U.S. Navy Photo #NH 75610 from the Naval History and Heritage Command, Courtesy of James Russell, 1972) |
Bill Gonyo
Downey, Cal.
Assoc. Researcher
Navsource |
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undated wartime image |
Pieter Bakels
Wehl, The Netherlands |
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22 July 1944: Bayonne, N.J. - In New York Harbor with a barge and harbor tug alongside. Photographed from a 300-foot altitude by Naval Air Station New York aircraft. |
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23 July 1944: Underway in the Atlantic, USS Solar was photographed at low level by a blimp from ZP-11. Her war diary states that she was at the Bayonne Annex
of the New York Navy Yard from 10 to 22 July 1944 for a short overhaul. She was underway from Bayonne on 23 July enroute to Casco Bay, Maine for refresher training.
(U.S. Navy photo #80-G-237714 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright) |
Tim Rizzuto
Ship's Superintendent
DE Historical Museum
USS Slater at Albany, N.Y.
and
Chris Wright
Ocean City, N.J. |
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15 November 1944: An at-sea view of Solar.
(U.S. Navy photo from the Donald T. Ehre Album via Destroyer Escort Historical Museum) |
Ed Zajkowski
Narvon, Pa. |
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April 1946 - Crew of Solar |
J. D. Reed
Fireman 1c |
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30 April 1946 - Solar tying up at Leonardo Pier I of the Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, N.J. to discharge ammunition |
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30 April 1946 - Salvage work on Solar was begun by 1500, and her wrecked superstructure was cut off to prevent her capsizing. It was later determined
that Solar had suffered 3 explosions in her #2 mount upper handling room while unloading ammunition. |
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26 July 1943: Philadelphia, Pa. - Port broadside view of Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Scott (DE 214), off the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Having been
commissioned just six days earlier, Scott was still in her "fitting out" process. She would get underway for short periods to check out recently installed equipment.
(U.S. Navy photo from All Hands Magazine, June 1946 issue, page 40)
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Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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30 April 1946: USS Solar (DE 221) following the explosion of her forward magazine while she was at Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, New Jersey. Note that
her forward superstructure has been folded back, crushing her smokestack and other midships fittings. The barrel of one of her forward 3/50 guns is inside her after 3/50 gun tub, with
other parts of the ship's forward structure resting nearby.
(U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 104777, courtesy of Dr. Neal Dinowitz, 2007 from the Naval History and Heritage Command) |
Mike Green
Port Angeles, Wash. |
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30 April 1946 - Her number 2 gun was demolished and the bridge, main battery director, and mast were all blown aft and to starboard. Both sides of the ship were torn open. |
J. D. Reed
Fireman 1c |
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30 April 1946 - shortly after 1130, three explosions blasted the ship near her number 2 upper handling room. |
