Wharton (AP-7): 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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USS Wharton (AP-7) Photographed in a peacetime paint scheme circa early 1941. By the time she entered Navy service she had lost two of the four tall goalpost masts with which she had originally been fitted as a merchant ship. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Photographed on 1 October 1941. Note the forward 6"/50 gun on its raised platform. Photo No. 19-N-25652 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Under overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard on 27 December 1941. Note the arrangement of the three after 6"/50 guns, with one on the stern and one on each side at the after end of the amidships superstructure. Photo No. 19-N-26644 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 6 January 1942. The ship still has her heavy anti-surface ship armament of four 6"/50 guns. Photo No. 19-N-26645 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 18 April 1942 The ship now only has one 6"/50 gun, on the stern. The others have been displaced by small caliber anti-aircraft weapons. Photo No. 19-N-29297 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Near the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, on 9 March 1943 Her configuration has not changed significantly since April 1942. Photo No. 19-N-41996 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 23 August 1943. A radar mast has been added over the bridge, as have a few liferafts on the ship's sides. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 26 October 1944 The ship's last 6"/50 gun has been replaced by a 5"/38 dual purpose weapon on the stern. Photo No. 19-N-74620 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Wharton (AP-7) In San Francisco Bay on 30 July 1945. Note the large hull number on the bow, typical of Pacific Fleet auxiliary and amphibious ships in 1945. Photo No. 19-N-89485 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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