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"The North Carolina Shipbuilding company, fo[u]r years old yesterday, marked the day by launching the U. S. S. Diamond Head,
its 200th vessel. In the top photograph is the launching party. Left to right, they are: Winder Harris, of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Kenneth S. Brown, Norfolk;
Miss Ann Harris, Norfolk; Mrs. Aungus Echols, Norfolk; Mrs. Joseph Harris, Norfolk; Miss Florence Harris, maid of honor; Captain Roger Williams, president of the
shipbuilding company; Miss Betty Harris, maid of honor, and Mrs. David Bill, of Norfolk, sponsor. The lower left picture shows Mrs. Bill smashing the champagne against
the bow of the vessel, and lower right, the new ship slides down the ways toward the Cape Fear river." The Sunday-Star News, Wilmington, N.C. Sunday February 4, 1945. |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) departing her conversion yard, Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard at Baltimore, MD., 10 August 1945,
a day after completing conversion and commissioning. A Baltimore harbor tug is assisting.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-87311, a
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archive, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) under way at NOB Norfolk, VA., circa 1963. She is being assisted by the tug
Nahasho (YTM-535).
US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway off the Virginia Capes, August 1964 |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway off the Virginia Capes during an underway replenishment exercise, August 1964 |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, VA, August 1964 |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Mike Smolinski |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine December 1964. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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Personnel transfer via high-line between USS Diamond Head (AE-19) and USS Chikaskia (AO-54) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 1965
Photo from the collections of HM1 John Wagner, RADM E. L. Feightner, BM2 Charles Peterman, and LCDR Al Gordon, compiled and edited by BM3 David Zanzinger. |
Al Gordon, Secretary USS Chikaskia Reunion Organization |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) being assisted by Okmulgee (YTB-765) as she is coming alongside USS Amphion (AR-13) (not shown) for repairs in January 1967 at the "Army Piers" (Norfolk International Terminal), Norfolk, VA. To accommodate Diamond Head alongside the repair ship USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) is being moved by an unidentified tug, just visible in the far right side of the photo. |
George McLeer USS Amphion 1966-68, R-4 Div Electronics Repair Shop |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway during a replenishment at sea with USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), circa 1967, location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway during a replenishment at sea with a destroyer, date and location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) underway at Hampton Roads, June 1968.
Photo courtesy of Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA., ©Nobe Smith. |
Bill Gonyo |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Diamond Head (AE-19) moored pierside, date and location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
