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Pocono - The Pocono Mountains are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to
the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyoming Valley and the Coal Region to the west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south. The name Pocono is derived from the Munsee word Pokawachne,
which means "Creek Between Two Hills". (Wikipedia)
Photo - Scenic view of Tank Hollow in the Pocono Mountians. Photo by Jim Thorpe
Map Pennsylvania Geological Survey of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania.
Sevon, W. D., compiler, 2000, Physiographic provinces of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 13, scale 1:2,000,000." (Wikipedia) |
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Pocono (AGC-16) launching party, 25 Janaury 1945, at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, N.C. Left to right are: Mrs. Burgess
Lawson, matron of honor: Master R. S. Holloway, of Messick, Va., Mrs. Charlene Ward, matron of honor, of Messick; K. b. Holloway, uncle of the sponsor, and leading assistant foreman of the
Yard’s Fitters Dept.; Miss Mary Virginia Carmines, sponsor, of Messick, Va.; Burgess Lawson, Mrs Bloxton W S McMahon, assistant to the vice president and general manager of the company,
and Mrs Katherine Holloway of Messick, Va. The U. S. S. Pocono, named for a range of mountains in Pennsylvania, was the 198th ship to go down the ways of the yard.
The Wilimigton Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., 26 January 1945, page three |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway, 18 March 1946, location unknown. Pocono eliminated some of the merchant ship features of the earlier AGCs; she had only a pole mast aft, and her two forward kingposts were made considerably lighter. The port kingpost carries radar direction finders. She also has a much-reduced boat outfit.
US navy photo, and text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored pierside, location unknown, 1953. |
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Member Admiral Jonas Ingram's
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 16 September 1953. The repair ship
USS Amphion (AR-13) is partly visible on the left.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Siboney (CVE-112) 1953 cruise book. |
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Reserve Fleet Basin, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Photographed on 19 May 1955 with numerous cruisers, escort carriers, and auxiliaries in reserve. The nearest ship is the never-completed
Hawaii (CB-3), which lacks her previously-installed three 12" gun turrets.
The cruisers outboard of Hawaii are (in unknown order)
Honolulu (CL-48),
Columbia (CL-56),
Denver (CL-58),
Galveston (CL-93), and
Portsmouth (CL-102).
To their left are
Tranquility (AH-14),
Sanctuary (AH-17), and
Pocono (AGC-16).
Behind Hawaii (from left to right) are
Montpelier (CL-57),
Houston (CL-81),
Huntington (CL-107),
Savannah (CL-42),
Cleveland (CL-55), and
Wilkes-Barre (CL-103).
Beyond them (from left to right) are
Wichita (CA-45),
Oregon City (CA-122),
Chester (CA-27), and
New Orleans (CA-32).
The cruisers on the left side of the basin (from front to rear) are
Minneapolis (CA-36),
Tuscaloosa (CA-37),
San Francisco (CA-38),
Augusta (CA-31),
Louisville (CA-28), and
Portland (CA-33).
Among the other ships in reserve in the basin are
Fomalhaut (AE-20),
Webster (ARV-2),
Albemarle (AV-5),
Tangier (AV-8),
Pocomoke (AV-9),
Chandeleur (AV-10),
Abatan (AW-4),
Mission San Carlos (AO-120),
Prince William (CVE-31),
Anzio (CVE-57),
Block Island (CVE-106),
Palau (CVE-122), and
San Carlos (AVP-51).
Moored in the shipyard at the extreme left are
Tennessee (BB-43),
California (BB-44), and
Cabot (CVL-28).
US Navy Photo # 80-G-668655, now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Three of four U.S. Navy amphibious command ships of the Atlantic Fleet at Naval Base Norfolk, VA., circa 1953. Left to right;
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), USS Taconic (AGC-17) and USS Pocono (AGC-16).
U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine April 1953, p.36 |
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USS Taconic (AGC-17), USS Pocono (AGC-16), USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) and USS Forrestal (CVA-59) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, circa March 1956.
US Navy from "All Hands" magazine, March 1956 issue. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored pierside circa August 1956, Naval Station, Norfolk, VA.
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) at anchor in Hampton Roads, 28 August 1956.
US National Archives Identifiers
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Starboard side view of USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored pierside at Naval Station, Norfolk, VA., in May 1957. |
Photo by Derick S. Hartshorn |
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Starboard aft quarter view of USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored pierside at Naval Station, Norfolk, VA., in May 1957. |
Photo by Derick S. Hartshorn |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored at Pier 5 Naval Station Norfolk, VA., circa 1957-58. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway, circa late 1960s, location unknown.
US Navy photo from the collection of ENC James Center |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) operating with an amphibious force circa the 1960s.
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored at Genoa, Italy, 20 April 1960. Note the Helicopter Utility Squadron Two (HU-2) Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever on the flight deck. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) being assisted by the large harbor tug Oshkosh (YTB-757) at Naval Operating Base (NOB) Norfolk, VA., circa 1961.
US Navy photo contributed to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors by Rolan Conoley. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway off NOB Norfolk, VA, August 1964 |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway, location unknown, 1965. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway in October 1964 during Operation Steel Pike I |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) moored aft of USS Taconic (AGC-17), probably on the breakwater at Naples, Italy, date unknown. |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Pocono (LCC-16)
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First day postal cover for USS Pocono's change of designation on 16 November 1968 from AGC-16 to LCC-16. |
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USS Pocono (LCC-16) moored pierside at San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1969.
US Navy photo courtesy Lou Sanders. |
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USS Pocono (LCC-16) showing damage to her bow after colliding with
USCGC Courier (WAGR-410) in June 1970. |
Chuck Grecco USS Pocono (AGC-16), 1970. |
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Overhead view of USS Pocono (LCC-16) underway off the coast of Lebanon during the Suez Canal crisis of 1958.
US Navy photo. |
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