USS Electra (AKA 4)

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* = Photo by Don Ravey    ** = Photo by Floyd Cramer
† = Photo by Ed Schnatterly     †† = Photo by Jerry Meyer
‡ = Photo by Bill Hamilton     ‡‡ = Photo by Gerald Mullet
§ = Photo by Dan Howard     §§ = Photo by Dean Bistline
¶ = Photo from Lloyd Grady     ¶¶ = Photo by George Koestel
¤ = Photo from Jack Nevins     ¤¤ = Photo by Jim Harker
♣ = Photo by Roger Reinke

Ship and Operations
USS Electra WW II ¶	USS Electra ¶	USS Electra in camouflage battle dress ¶	Looking forward from the bridge ¶	Kure, Japan 1946? ¶
Japanese subs at Kure ¶	Submarines at Kure ¶	Japanese destroyer, Inland Sea, Japan ¶	Japanese battleship ¶	Japanese carrier ¶
Japanese carrier ¶	Japanese troop transport ¶	Hiroshima after the atomic bomb ¶	Electra in San Francisco, 1945	Removing guns in SF, 1946 ¶
Recommissioned for Korean War service:	Electra after recommissioning 1952 ‡‡	28th St. Pier, San Diego †	San Diego harbor, looking aft **	CruDesPac base, San Diego looking aft**
USCG Northwind, San Diego †	Heading North, 1953 ‡	On the way north †	USS Seminole KA-104 maneuvers at sea †	USS Seminole alongside at sea †
Ice, Pt. Barrow, 1953 §§	Ice breaker & Electra §§	Launching an LCM in Alaska ††	Refueling at sea §§	Refueling at sea §§
Transferring by high wire †	Arriving in Seattle †	Bangor Ammo Depot †	Port Angeles †	Unimak Pass (Aleutians) *
Volcano *	Viewing the ice §	Our convoy working through the ice ‡	Icebergs, '53 ‡	Too close for comfort! ‡
Plenty of ice, anyone for cocktails? ‡	USCG Icebreaker ‡	Ice ¶¶	Pushing Ice ¶¶	Glacier near Seward ‡
Approaching Seward, AK ‡	The town of Seward, 1953 §	Port of Seward, 1953 ¶¶	Unloading at Seward ¶¶	Unloading at Seward ¶¶
Lifting a truck ¶¶	Lifting a forklift ¶¶	LCM's alongside ¶¶	LCM's alongside ¶¶	LCM's alongside ¶¶
Deck crane ¶¶	Alaskan coast, 1953 §	Alaskan coast, 1953 §	Alaskan coast, 1953 §	Flying Bridge, 1953 §
Offloading cargo, offshore of Pt. Barrow ¤	Ship's boats pushing ice away from ship ¤	Coming ashore in Point Barrow, 1953 §	Helicopter ‡	Helicopter ‡
In formation in the Bering Sea ¤¤	Signalling from the flying bridge - sending a 'P' (black anchor ball can be seen, also) ¤¤	Maneuver independently to avoid ice! ¤¤	Stuck in the ice, 1953 ¤¤	Still stuck, along with other ships! ¤¤
Torpedo retrieval boat, 1953 §	Torpedo retrieval boat §	Electra Pilothouse †	Helicopter looks over situation - lead is open ¤¤	The lead has opened but ice breaker can't reach us yet ¤¤
At last! Anchored in Icy Cape ¤¤	The beach at Icy Cape, AK 1953 ¤¤	Captain's barge ‡	On the way home again, mission accomplished ¤¤
Underway Northward 1954 ♣	Up the Columbia River to Portland en route to the Bering Sea 1954 ♣	Ens. Reinke & Ens. Shera 1954 ♣	Columbia River bridges ♣	Rough weather 1954 ♣
Pribilof Islands 1954 ♣	Uncovering the hatch ‡	Launching LCM ♣	Launching LCM ♣	LCMs alongside ‡
Loading LCM boats to transfer cargo ashore ¤¤	Winch operator §§	Unloading at St. George †	St. George village*	Anchored off St. George island (?) in the Pribilofs ¤¤
Anchored off St. Paul island in the Pribilofs 1954 ¤¤	"Mike boat" ¤¤	Seals on the beach at St. George island, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea 1954 ¤¤	Seals on the beach at St. George island 1954 ♣	Baby seal at St. George island 1954 ♣
Russian church, St. George Island**	Electra in San Diego harbor, 1954*	Refueling at sea with AO 106 and CV 47*	Transfer at sea with AV 12*	Transfer at sea*
Decommissioning in San Diego, 1955**	Decommissioning in San Diego, 1955**	The Mothball Fleet, San Diego, 1955**