Hawaii History – Page 19 – Philippine-Sailor

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Zo684. The rusting remains of LST-480 at 21°21′26.04″N 157°59′50.05″W. When I was an instructor in the Pearl Harbor Diving School 1973-75, we had our diving students do their long swims here and nearby we did our salvage training. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo683. Pearl Harbor naval base. The West Loch is the arm of Pearl Harbor on the left side of the image. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo682. USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) underway in 1957. (PC: US Navy), USS Hammerberg (DE-1015), 1955-1974, was named in honor of BM2 Owen F.P. Hammerberg. Image and the text are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

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Zo681. Owen Hammerberg’s final resting place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan. (PC: findagrave). Image and the text are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

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Zo680. Boatswain’s Mate Second Class and Navy Deep Sea Diver Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg, United States Navy. Image and the text below are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

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Zo679. Smoke rises from the wreck of USS LST-480, at right, as tugs and other craft try to put out her fires. At left is USS LST-39, also burning, with men on her bow ramp, probably removing cargo, and other vessels alongside and nearby. Photograph is dated 22 May 1944, the day after the explosion. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo488. LST-480 on 22 May 1944.
Overhead view of the burning hulk of USS LST-480 in the West Loch at Pearl Harbor, 22 May 1944. The yard craft with her bow on the stern of LST-480 appears to be a self-propeller covered lighter.
Unknown author – Photo from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the US National Archives. Photo # SC 276944. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo687. The burned hulk of LST-39 on 21 May 1944. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo686. USS LST-480 afire again on 23 May 1944. The sunken remains of USS LST-353 are off her starboard bow. The beached and burned out hulk of LST-39 is in the left distance. Note the amphibious tractors (LVTs) parked in the left foreground. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

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Zo685. A US Navy salvage diver at Pearl Harbor. (PC: San Diego Tribune). Image and the text are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans