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The ex-Romanian cargo ship MV Mangalia at Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. on 23 August 1941 in preparation for conversion to USS Pleiades (AK-46). US National Archives RC-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-25105. A US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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MV Mangalia at Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. prior to the start of her conversion
to USS Pleiades (AK-46).
Photo by Robert Aitkens Potts |
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USS Pleiades (AK-46) in New York harbor, probably on 24 October 1941, after conversion for US Navy service. No armament larger than machine guns is visible. US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-25718. A US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Pleiades (AK-46) under way in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1942.
From the Nova Scotia Archives, HB Jefferson collection. For educational and non commercial use. |
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USS Pleiades (AK-46) in Broad Sound near the Boston Navy Yard, 18 March 1943. The ship now has two 3"/50 guns, one forward and one aft, and four 20mm guns at the corners of the amidships deckhouse. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No.'s 19-N-41921, 19-N-41922, 19-N-41923 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives and US Naval History and Heritage Command photo No. NH 97494 |
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 19-N-41923 |
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