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    

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 ‡
Electra Pilothouse †	Captain's barge ‡	Uncovering the hatch ‡	LCMs alongside ‡	Unloading at St. George †
St. George village*	Winch operator §§	Russian church, St. George Island**	Torpedo retrieval boat, 1953 §	Torpedo retrieval boat §
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**