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NavSource Online: Escort Carrier Photo Archive

USS ALTAMAHA   (ACV-18)
(later CVE-18 and CVHE-18)


Photographs from the collection of Hugh G. Duncan, USS Altamaha

Hugh G. Duncan

Submitted by his son, Carl Duncan
Information submitted by Gordon McBride,
who was aboard USS Altamaha at the time these photos were taken


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Captain Olney, October 1943

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Crew on flight deck

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(This ship appears not to be Altamaha)
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Officer wardroom equator crossing initiation

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Forward elevator, crossing equator

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Forward elevator, crossing equator

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Bridge, crossing equator
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Elevator, crossing equator

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Wardroom, crossing equator

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Bob Hope, Guadalcanal, August 1944

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Bob Hope, Guadalcanal, August 1944

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Wardroom, crossing equator

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Forward elevator, crossing equator

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Officer Pollywogs in crews' mess hall. Tables stored overhead. Ship's service store at left of photo.

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Bow of ship equator initiation

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Wardroom, crossing equator

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Bridge, crossing equator

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Forward elevator, crossing equator

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Crossing equator initation

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Crossing equator initation

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Home made dunking pond located on well deck. Sea visible top right of photo.

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Home made dunking pond located on well deck. Sea visible top right of photo.

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Equator photos probably taken on way to Brisbane, mid-November 1943
 

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