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SS Saint John underway in the harbor at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, circa 1935. |
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SS Saint John underway in the harbor at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, circa 1940. |
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SS Saint John underway in the harbor at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, date unknown. |
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The Eastern Steamship Lines passenger liner SS Saint John underway before her conversion to USS Antaeus (AS-21). On this retouched copy of the original image, printed as a souvenir of the Navy ship, the owner's house flag painted on the stack was deleted. This flag was a swallowtail design featuring the letter "E" for the Eastern Steamship Co.
US Navy photo # NH 98784 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Antaeus (AS-21)
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Namesake
Antaeus - In Greek sources, he was the half-giant son of Poseidon and Gaia, who lived in the interior desert of Libya. Antaeus would challenge all passers-by
to wrestling matches and remained invincible as long as he remained in contact with his mother, the earth.3] As Greek wrestling, like its modern equivalent, typically
attempted to force opponents to the ground, he always won, killing his opponents.] He built a temple to his father using their skulls. Antaeus fought Heracles as he
was on his way to the Garden of Hesperides as his 11th Labour. Heracles realized that he could not beat Antaeus by throwing or pinning him. Instead, he held him
aloft and then crushed him to death in a bear hug. The contest between Heracles and Antaeus was a favored subject in ancient and Renaissance sculpture.
Photo - The Castiglione Heracles and Antaeus Bronze, circa 1620-1637, 16 ¼ inches by Pietro Tacca (1577 - 1640)
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Broadside view of USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway, 30 June 1941, upon completion of her conversion to a submarine tender. Her original armament was one 4"/50 aft and two 3"/23 forward. Note the three-tone graded camouflage in use at that time.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-24325 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives, Photo by Hughes Co., Baltimore, MD. |
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Starboard bow view of USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway, 30 June 1941, upon completion of her conversion to a submarine tender. Her original armament was one 4"/50 aft and two 3"/23 forward. Note the three-tone graded camouflage in use at that time.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-24324 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives, Photo by Hughes Co., Baltimore, MD. |
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Stern view of USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway, 30 June 1941, upon completion of her conversion to a submarine tender. Her original armament was one 4"/50 aft and two 3"/23 forward. Note the three-tone graded camouflage in use at that time.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-24326 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives, Photo by Hughes Co., Baltimore, MD. |
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USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway, off the coast of the United States, 12 February 1943,
US National Archives photo # 18-G-28456, a US Navy photo taken by an airship from LTA Squadron (ZP-14) now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 25 June 1943, after overhaul. During this overhaul her armament was upgraded to one 4"/50 gun and two 3"/50 guns aft and two 3"/50 guns forward, visible here.
US Navy photo # NH 96628, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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Stern view of USS Antaeus (AS-21) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 25 June 1943. During this overhaul her armament was upgraded to one 4"/50 gun and two 3"/50 guns aft, visible here, and two more 3"/50 guns forward. USS Phoenix (CL-46) is in drydock in the distance at left, with a 6"/47 gun turret on the pier nearby.
US Navy photo # NH 92284, Courtesy of Frank Jankowski, 1981, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Antaeus (AS-21) underway, date and location unknown.
Note Antaeus is painted Camouflage Measure 12(mod). |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII |
USS Antaeus (AG-67)
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USS Antaeus (AG-67) showing a variety of signal flags while docked at northside Pier 4, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News VA.,
23 February 1944.
US National Archives Identifier 138926172, a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Antaeus (AG-67) underway in the vicinity of Norfolk, VA., 27 November 1944, while serving as a coastal transport.
US National Archives photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Antaeus (AG-67) underway, 27 November 1944. Sometime in January 1944 her armament was reduced to one 4"/50 gun aft and two 3"/50 guns, probably forward. The numerous life rafts reflect her primary function as an East Coast troop transport.
US Navy photo # NH 84624, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. |
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USS Rescue (AH-18)
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USS Rescue (AH-18) underway, 2 March 1945. She carries the standard wartime hospital ship markings of a small red cross amidships with a long stripe.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-439636 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Rescue (AH-18) underway, date and location unknown.
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Naval Hospital Corps School |
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USS Rescue (AH-18) coming alongside USS Taluga (AO-62) to refuel in August 1945.
Photo from LTjg Lloyd LaVack USS Taluga Photo Collection
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USS Rescue (AH-18) underway on its way to the Pacific circa 1945. Coming on line late in the war, the ship was involved in
the repatriation of POWs in the Far East.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-305360, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman. |
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Commanding Officer CAPT. Robert Twining, USN (right), CDR Leo Keating, USNR (center) on the bridge of USS Rescue (AH-18) with watch officers and a Japanese pilot while underway in Japanese waters. |
Michael Rhode, Archivist / Curator, US Navy BUMED Communications Directorate, (M09B7) Office of Medical History |
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CDR Leo Keating USNR (left) relieved CAPT. Robert Twining USN (fight) as Commanding Officer of USS Rescue (AH-18) on VJ Day, 15 August 1945. CAPT. Twining reverted to retired status. Photo courtesy of Roger Mansell. |
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USS Rescue (AH-18) passing USS Putnam (DD-757) on the
morning of 17 September 1945 entering a Tokyo Bay anchorage. Rescue drew duty embarking Allied x-POW's from several Japanese ports from 28 August to 19 September
From the George Hansen collection, USS Putnam. |
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USS Rescue (AH-18) in San Francisco Bay, CA., in late 1945 or early 1946.
US Navy photo # NH 98756 donated by BM1 Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003. |
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USS Rescue (AH-18) off San Francisco, CA., 2 March 1946. She carries the postwar hospital ship markings of three large red
crosses connected by a stripe.
US Navy photo # NH 77384, Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
