Item #5505 USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179). Crew Signed Navy Transport Photo.
[Crew Signed Navy Transport Photo]

USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179)

Tacoma, Washington: Aero-Marine Photos, c. 1949. Matted Photograph. Black & white photograph 9.5 x 7.5 inches in 13 x 11 paperboard mat. Ink and pencil signatures of crew members on the photo and mat. Mat soiled and stained, edges rubbed. Photo lightly scuffed. Good. Item #5505

First acquired in 1942 as an Army transport, the O'Hara (APA-90) was acquired by the Navy in 1943 and served as an attack transporter in WWII. She was decommissioned at San Francisco in 1946, transferred to the Army, and sailed from Seattle as a transporter. She was reacquired by the Navy in 1950 and struck from its list in 1961, berthed at Olympia. A few of the signatures are dated, 1946 and 1949.

Price: $125.00