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 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
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Bering Strait - Is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.
The present Russia-United States maritime boundary is at 168° 58' 37" W longitude, slightly south of the Arctic Circle at about 65° 40' N latitude. The Strait is named
after Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in the service of the Russian Empire.
Photo - Little Diomede Island (US, left) and Big Diomede Island (Russia, right) ©Dave Cohe, July 2006.
Map - Defense Mapping Agency topographical map of the Bering Strait, 1973 |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) being christened at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 15 January 1944 by Mrs. George F. Cornwall.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-58235 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now fin the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) being launched at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 5 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-58204 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) photographed off Houghton, WA., 12 July 1944, shortly before commissioning. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-72076 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) photographed, 1 October 1944. She has a main armament of three 5"/38 guns. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-73151. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) photographed, 1 October 1944. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-73152 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) photographed, 1 October 1944. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-73153 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) photographed, 1 October 1944. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-73155 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) during WWII, date and location unknown. Bering Strait is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) during WWII tending seaplanes, date and location unknown.
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) at Kerama Retto in the Spring of1945.
Photo by PhoM2/c Paul D. Guttman. |
Robert Guttman for his father Paul D. Guttman PhoM2/c |
USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) (WHEC-382)
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Ex-USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) in US Coast Guard service as USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) |
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USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) photographed during the 1950s.
US National Archives photo # NH 97595. A US Navy photo from the collections of the |
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Five white 311-foot cutters of Coast Guard Squadron Three, assigned to support Operation MARKET TIME tied up
alongside Navy repair ship USS Jason (AR-8) at Naval Station Subic Bay in the Philippines, 4 August 1967. From inboard to outboard:
USCGC Half Moon (WHEC-378);
USCGC Yakutat (WHEC-380);
USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387);
USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) and
USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382)
U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Coast Guard Photo Rel. No. 6201; August 4,1967
Photo by CDR Richard Morse, USCG, Commanding Officer USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) |
Robert Hurst and
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USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) at anchor off the coast of Subic Bay, Philippines, 4 October 1970.
US Coast Guard photo. |
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Starboard broadside view of USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) anchored while in Vietnam War service, date and location unknown. Photo from US Coast Guard Historian's Office. |
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Aerial view of USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) seen here in her gray paint scheme of 1970 during the Vietnam War, where she conducted operations in support of Operation Market Time, at anchor in December 1970 at Subic Bay, P.I.
| Carl Musselman, courtesy John "Jack" Forsythe USCGC Bering Strait |
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USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) at Subic Bay Naval Base, P.I. being prepared for turnover to the South Vietnamese navy, prior to December 1970. |
Carl Musselman, courtesy Jerry Muller and John Reuter USCGC Bering Strait |
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RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ 02) ships' plaque. |
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Vietnamese Naval officers and CPOs boarding their new ship, RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ 02), which was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy, 1 January 1971.
US Coast Guard photo. |
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Ex-USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) in South Vietnam naval service as RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ 02) coming along side USCGC Castle Rock (WHEC-383) while anchored in Vung Tau Harbor South Vietnam, 4 August 1971. |
Photos by Carl Backman QMCS USCG (Ret.) |
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RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ 02) under way in 1971, location unknown.
Official South Vietnamese Navy photo. |
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Ex-USCGC Castle Rock (WHEC-383) in South Vietnamese naval service as RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5) moored outboard of
ex-USCGC Cook Inlet (WHEC-384) in South Vietnamese naval service as RVNS Tran Quoc Toan (HQ-6) and
ex-USCGC Bearing Strait (WHEC-382) in South Vietnamese naval service as RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ-2) at Saigon in May 1972. |
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Three LSMs in formation with RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ 02) moored pierside in the background, date and location unknown. |
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A South Vietnamese Barnegat-class seaplane tender pulls alongside
USS Cook (DE-1083) in the South China Sea, during
"Operation Frequent Wind", in late April 1975. Although the pennant number is barely visible, the ship appears to be RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ-02), formerly
USS Bering Strait (AVP-34). To starboard of Tran Quang Khia is
the South Vietnam self-propelled gasoline barge RVNS HQ-471 (ex US Navy YOG-33) and in the background is a Newport-class tank landing ship.
U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Cook (DE-1083) 1974-1975 cruise book |
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