Damaged Navy ship photos

[Vincennes]

Here are a couple neat photos of a damaged Navy ship. These are 8x10" photos that are glued to the front and back of a 8.5x11" piece of stiff paper. I am guessing they are both of the same ship, but there is nothing written on the paper or photos, so I do not know. I am also guessing they are WW2 vintage from the clothing of the civilians in the photos. I also include an enlargement of the two officers in the center of the landscape oriented photo. The one on the left looks like Oliver North, but I know it is not him.

 

Can anybody provide any clues as to the type of ship? Or date?

 

Thanks,

Paul

[Vincennes]

Here is photo #2.

 

Paul

[Vincennes]

And here is a close up of the two officers.

 

Paul

[Dave]

At first glance, the first photo almost looked like my father in laws ship, but the second photo shows it's obviously a logistics ship of some sort. Looks like it was either hit by an aerial bomb...perhaps a kamikaze? Interesting...

[patches]

Where is this photo taken? by the looks of the officers, one of them in the Gray uniform also the mingling civilians, it looks stateside, Bremerton maybe?

[Jack's Son]

I have always been impressed with the actual amount of damage a ship could take, and still stay afloat, let alone be repaired.

[Sabrejet]

Check out this one! It's LST-289, one of the vessels which fell victim to Kriegsmarine Schnell-boots during the ill-fated "Opertation Tiger" off the Devon coast in May '44. Despite suffering such catastrophic damage she managed to limp back to the safety of Dartmouth harbour.

 

[Jack's Son]

NOW.....that's what I'm talking about!! How did it get back home.

[Sabrejet]

LST-289 seen from a different angle. Her stern has been blown away by a torpedo.

 

[Flashlarue]

Photo #2 looks like the same hole from the reverse angle after the damaged upper deck had been removed for repairs.

[Sabrejet]

Unfortunately I can't identify this vessel except to say that she survived a direct hit by a Kamikaze during the invasion of Okinawa! :w00t:

 

 

[Sabrejet]

Likewise.

 

[j. t. thompson]

On 9/20/2012 at 7:25 PM, Vincennes said:

Here are a couple neat photos of a damaged Navy ship. These are 8x10" photos that are glued to the front and back of a 8.5x11" piece of stiff paper. I am guessing they are both of the same ship, but there is nothing written on the paper or photos, so I do not know. I am also guessing they are WW2 vintage from the clothing of the civilians in the photos. I also include an enlargement of the two officers in the center of the landscape oriented photo. The one on the left looks like Oliver North, but I know it is not him.

 

Can anybody provide any clues as to the type of ship? Or date?

 

Thanks,

Paul

 

USS Pinkney (APH-2)