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137k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at anchor probably during the summer of 1945, soon after commissioning.
US Navy photo |
David Wright | |
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85k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from Auke Visser's Famous T-Tankers |
Robert Hurst | |
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31k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at anchor, date and location unknown | Tommy Trampp | |
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110k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown | Robert Hurst | |
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393k | USS Allagash (AO-97) entering or departing an unknown harbor, circa 1950s. Note large hull numbers and still carrying her forward and aft
WWII 5" guns. Pickup truck on her deck appears to he 1950s vintage.
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum |
Darryl Baker | |
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204k | USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Allagash (AO-97), and
USS Compton (DD-705) refueling at sea, circa 1952. Note: The original mount card for this photo
bears the date 17 August 1954, but it could not have been taken after about May 1952, when Oriskany went to the Pacific Fleet. Compton
remained in the Atlantic at that time, and thereafter. US National Archives photo # 80-G-642730 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
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98k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway in the Mediterranean Sea with USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) coming alongside, 19 May 1953 | Photo by Larry Bohn | |
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136k | USS Allagash (AO-97) refueling USS Albany (CA-123) and USS Leyte (CV-32), date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Robert Carey | |
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162k | USS Allagash (AO-97) in port Barcelona, Spain, probably July 1956. Photo photo-blog FOTOdeMAR, Photo # 16035F, courtesy Museu Marítim de Barcelona |
Fabio Peña | |
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86k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1957-59 | Photo by Leslie Levins SM2 USS Lester | |
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1142k | USS Allagash (AO-97), center, refuels, USS Essex (CVA-9)
and USS Fiske (DDR-842) during training exercises at sea. Awaiting their turn to take on fuel
are two sister ships of Fiske which will move alongside the Allagash when the others complete their refueling process, 27 August 1958.
US Navy photo # 330-PS-9118. |
National Museum of the US Navy | |
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103k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Donald J Holland SKC, USN Retired USS Allagash September 1961 to February 1963 |
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68k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at East Boston in August 1961. | ©Richard Leonhardt | |
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48k | USS Allagash (AO-97) steams ready to provide fuel oil to the approaching USS
Shangri La (CVA-38) (background), 26 April 1962 US Navy Photo # USN 1061093 by PH1 H. Lynn. |
Robert Hurst | |
US National Archives photo # USN 1061088 |
116k | USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) and
USS Purdy (DD-734) refuel from USS Allagash (AO-97) in the
Mediterranean, 26 April 1962. US National Archives photo #'s USN 1061088, K-26858 and K-26859 US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
US National Archives photo # K-26858 |
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US National Archives photo # K-26859 |
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113k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at South Boston Naval Annex in September 1962. | ©Richard Leonhardt | |
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93k | USS Allagash (AO-97) refueling USS Brownson (DD-868) off Newport, R.I. in 1962. Photo by Marvin Dockery, USN from the USS Brownson Association Gallery |
Robert Hurst | |
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97k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at anchor, date and location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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78k | USS Allagash (AO-97) in the Mediterranean Sea, during an underway replenishment of USS Chilton (APA-38), circa 1966-67. | Warren Polenesky USS San Marcos | |
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430k | USS Allagash (AO-97) anchored off Villefranche, France, 1 January 1968. | Photo by Carlo Martinelli | |
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180k | USS America (CVA-66) prepares to refuel from
USS Allagash (AO-97), 22 October 1969, in the Atlantic Ocean. US National Archives photo # USN 1142917 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
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165k | USS America (CVA-66) refuels from
USS Allagash (AO-97), 22 October 1969, in the Atlantic Ocean. US National Archives photo #'s USN 1142917, USN 1142915 and USN 1142911 US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
US National Archives photo # USN 1142915 |
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US National Archives photo # USN 1142911 |
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169k | USS Allagash (AO-97) outbound to sea from Newport, R.I., in 1970. | Mike Smolinski | |
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80k | USS Allagash (AO-97) refueling USS Koelsch (DE-1049) , during Operation Squeezeplay V, 14 June 1970. | ©Richard Leonhardt | |
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88k | USS Allagash (AO-97) refueling USS McCloy (DE-1038) during Operation Squeezeplay V, 14 June 1970. | ©Richard Leonhardt | |
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52k | USS Allagash (AO-97) at anchor, date and location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
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71k | USS Allagash (AO-97) Officers Motor Boat tying up at a small boat landing, date and location unknown. | Bob Hall USS Tidewater courtesy Al Murray USS Tidewater | |
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37k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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55k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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60k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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68k | USS Allagash (AO-97) underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCDR. Plummer, Howard C. USNR | 21 August 1945 - 21 November 1945 |
| 02 | CAPT. Kaitner, William Eugene | 21 November 1945 - 27 June 1946 |
| 03 | CAPT. Galbraith, William Jackson :RADM | 27 June 1946 - 29 March 1947 |
| 04 | LCDR. Swart, Elliott M. USNR | 29 March 1947 - 7 April 1947 |
| 05 | CDR. Mott II, Elias Bertram | 7 April 1947 - 27 August 1948 |
| 06 | CAPT. Wilson Jr., Balch Beall | 27 August 1948 - 24 May 1949 |
| 07 | CAPT. Kennaday, John Martin | 24 May 1949 - 7 November 1949 |
| 08 | CAPT. Standley Jr., William Harrison :RADM | 7 November 1949 - 8 April 1950 |
| 09 | CAPT. Maher, Joseph Benedict :RADM | 8 April 1950 - 6 December 1951 |
| 10 | CAPT. Aichel, Alfred Montague | 6 December 1951 - 25 November 1952 |
| 11 | CDR. Carlson, Wesley William | 25 November 1952 - 29 September 1954 |
| 12 | CAPT. Seymour, Jack Murray | 29 September 1954 - 7 October 1955 |
| 13 | CAPT. Sieglaff, William Bernard (Barney) :RADM | 7 October 1955 - 4 September 1956 |
| 14 | CAPT. Perkins, William Beckwith :RADM | 4 September 1956 - 1 July 1957 |
| 15 | CAPT. Rider, Eugene Carter | 1 July 1957 - 29 August 1958 |
| 16 | CAPT. Foote, John Joseph | 29 August 1958 - 16 September 1959 |
| 17 | CAPT. Thomas, William Bismarck | 16 September 1959 - 21 September 1960 |
| 18 | CAPT. Lambing, Charles Leroy | 21 September 1960 - 10 September 1961 |
| 19 | CAPT. Smith, Ellsworth Nelson | 10 September 1961 - 3 October 1962 |
| 20 | CAPT. Wright, Whitney | 3 October 1962 - 8 November 1963 |
| 21 | CAPT. Warner Jr., Arthur Hobart | 8 November 1963 - 29 October 1964 |
| 22 | CAPT. Lanier, Samuel Lefcourt | 29 October 1964 - 12 November 1965 |
| 23 | CAPT. Snyder, Edwin Knowlson (Ted), USN (USNA 1944) :VADM | 12 November 1965 - 13 September 1966 |
| 24 | CAPT. Manship, Herbert Kaminer, USN (USNA 1944) | 13 September 1966 - 1 August 1967 |
| 25 | CAPT. Lyons, Kenneth Hugh | 1 August 1967 - 14 October 1968 |
| 26 | CAPT. Gammill, James Lamarm, USN | 14 October 1968 - 13 December 1969 |
| 27 | CAPT. Rae Jr., William Clark, USN (USNA 1947) | 13 December 1969 - 2 September 1970 |
| 28 | LCDR. Farley Jr., Edward Bigelow | 2 September 1970 - 21 December 1970 |
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