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Onslow - Onslow Bay is an indentation of the North Carolina coast, between Cape Fear in the south and Cape Lookout in the north. Thirteen barrier islands form
the shore of the bay. It is part of the open Atlantic Ocean and affords no protection from oceanic swells. (Wikipedia)
Photo - Wilmington and Onslow Bay, N.C. by Paolo Nespoli ESA/NASA International Space Station, 16 January 2011
Map - Onslow Bay navigation chart |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) fitting out at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA., 10 July 1943. The outboard hull is probably USS Orca (AVP-49). The old paddle-wheel ferry was the West Seattle.
NARA photo # 19-N-51143, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) fitting out at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA., 10 July 1943. Also visible in this photo are
USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6), lower left, and
USS Mobjack (AGP-7), lower right with the crane. The old paddle-wheel ferry is the West Seattle.
NARA photo # 19-N-51144, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives.
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US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) fitting out at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA., 10 July 1943. Also visible in this photo is USS Mobjack (AGP-7), on the left behind the crane.
NARA photo # 19-N-51145, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives.
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US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48), port broadside view. Underway near her builder's yard at Houghton, WA., 9 January 1944. She has a main armament of three 5"/38 guns.
NARA photo # 19-N-58160, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives.
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US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48), port quarter view. Underway near her builder's yard at Houghton, WA., 9 January 1944.
NARA photo # 19-N-58162, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives.
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US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48), port bow view. Underway near her builder's yard at Houghton, WA., 9 January 1944.
NARA photo # 19-N-58161, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US
National Archives.
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US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) underway, circa March 1944 off the coast of California.
US Navy photo probably taken from an airship assigned to Lighter-than-Air Airship Squadron (ZP 31), NAS Santa Ana, CA |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) at Saipan, 22 June 1944. Photographed from USS Pocomoke (AV-9). Note Onslow is painted camouflage scheme 32/2Ax.
US Navy photo # NH 97672, from the US Naval Historical collections |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) refueling a PBM flying boat at sea around December 1944.
US Navy photo # NH 97712, from the US Naval Historical collections |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) refueling a PBM, December 1944. Note name "Unaymit" and insignia painted on the plane's bow. Also multi-colored fender between plane and ship.
US Navy photo # NH 97673, from the US Naval Historical collections |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) underway, date and location unknown. |
Hazegray & Underway Web Site |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) is on the opposite side of the pier in this aft starboard plan view of USS Juneau (CLAA-119) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 26 January 1952. Also on the opposite side of the pier is USS Hollister (DD-788). The antenna of USS Whitehurst (DE-634) is in the foreground.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 11651-1-52 |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48), 10 June 1952. Despite an early postwar rearrangement of her armament, she retains an open 5"/38 mount aft. Note the aviation insignia on the bow aft of the hull number.
NARA photo # 80-G-444134, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US
National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) underway, date and location unknown.
A Ted Stone photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1958-59 Edition. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she enters San Francisco Bay, date unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Jim Kurrasch
Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) as Station Ship, Hong Kong 1956 |
Joseph A. Patton QMCS USN Ret. USS Onslow 1956-57 |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) anchored in the Pescadores Islands, R. O. C. circa 1956-57. |
Joseph A. Patton QMCS USN Ret. USS Onslow 1956-57 |
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USS Onslow (AVP-48) underway in San Francisco Bay, November 1957.
Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco. |
Robert M. Cieri |
