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Cumberland Sound - is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a western arm of the Labrador Sea located between Baffin Island's Hall
Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula. It is approximately 160 miles long and 50 miles wide. (Wikipedia) |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) under way in Puget Sound, 28 August 1944, a week after commissioning. Note she is painted camouflage scheme 32/8Ax. US National Archives photo # 19-N-70446, RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) at anchor in Puget Sound, circa 28 August 1944. US National Archives photo # 19-N-70454, RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) under way off the US Pacific coast during her shakedown period, 20 September 1944. US Navy photo # NH 55532 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) under way off the US Pacific coast during her shakedown period, 20 September 1944. US Navy photo by LTtjg Mills from an airship of squadron ZP-31, piloted by LTjg. Hannen. |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) under way, date and location unknown. |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII |
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One of USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) dual 40mm gun mounts in action at Ulithi. At left are twin .50 cal. guns on the tail of a PBM on
board Cumberland Sound. US Navy photo from World War II Today |
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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) Commanding Officer, Captain Etheridge Grant, USN, (center), checks charts with a Japanese Navy
pilot and LT. Rogers, USN, (at right), as the seaplane tender prepares to enter Tokyo Bay, 28 August 1945.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-344500 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives. |
Us Naval History and Heritage Command |