Hilo (AGP-2): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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M/Y Caroline Probably shown circa 1933 before being laid up in Brooklyn for several years. This yacht was owned by Eldridge R. Johnson, former president of the Victor Talking Machine Co. The press speculated in December 1936 that the former King Edward VIII of England and Mrs. Wallis Simpson would honeymoon on her if they married. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Hilo (AGP-2) Photographed on 8 September 1944 at New Amsterdam Is., Dutch New Guinea, while serving as flagship of Com MTB Rons. Photo No. 80-G-258698 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-80-G) |
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USS Hilo (AGP-2) Photographed on 8 September 1944 at New Amsterdam Is., Dutch New Guinea, while serving as flagship of Com MTB Rons. Photo No. 19-N-83478 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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USS Hilo (AGP-2) Photographed on 25 March 1944 at Talasea, New Britain, with a pontoon dock and four PT boats alongside. She has used the dock to lift one of the boats out of the water for maintenance. Photo No. SC-260913 (U.S. Army Photo) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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