Big Horn (AO-45): 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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SS Gulfdawn Arriving at a U.S. port on 22 March 1942. Photo No. None Source: Arthur D. Baker III |
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) Beginning conversion on 2 April 1942 at the Bethlehem Steel 56th Street yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo No. 19-N-29138 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) Near the New York Navy Yard on 22 April 1942 after completing her initial conversion. Photo No. 19-N-29322 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) Near the Boston Navy Yard on 22 July 1942 after completing outfitting as a Q-ship. Photo No. 19-N-31362 Source: Arthur D. Baker III |
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) Near the Boston Navy Yard on 22 July 1942 after completing outfitting as a Q-ship. Photo No. 19-N-31364 Source: Arthur D. Baker III |
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) Near the Boston Navy Yard on 22 July 1942 after completing outfitting as a Q-ship. Photo No. 19-N-31363 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USCGC Big Horn Probably photographed near Boston, Mass., circa 1944. The ship retained her Q-ship fittings while on weather patrol duty in the Coast Guard. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USCGC Big Horn Probably photographed near Boston, Mass., circa 1944. The ship retained her Q-ship fittings while on weather patrol duty in the Coast Guard. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USS Big Horn (IX-207) At the Boston Navy Yard on 11 March 1945 after completing conversion to a station tanker (IX). Her Q-ship fittings were removed during this conversion. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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