Good to see they were able to watch "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In" and "All In The Family" no matter where they were.
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Ship Photo of the Day
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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USS Arlington (AGMR-2)
1965-1970
Was the USS Saipan (CVL 48) before conversion. My gramps served as the suppo off Yankee Station.
Actually....I'm pretty sure this pic is not of the USS Arlington (AGMR-2) but of the USS Wright (CC-2), a similar conversion of a Independence-class light carrier. The difference? All the pics I can find of the Arlington are missing the antenna structure between the first and second funnels behind the island and she has GMR in front of the 2 on her bow. I've even found pictures of the Wright labeled as the Arlington online even when searching. It is made even more confusing by them both having the same hull or pennant number of 2 and an apparently identical antenna layout on their flight deck. The only other difference I can see is that the Arlington has cutouts for gun mounts on the two front corners of her flight deck while the Wright does not. It is really hard to tell the difference and when you look up both ships in Google both ships are included in both ships results.
I had to look it up but AGMR is Major Communications Relay Ship (Auxiliary) and CC is Command Ship (and also battlecruiser, though that was never used). No idea what the practical difference there was between the two, if there was it was probably internal.
A pic of the USS Arlington (AGMR-2):
Good catch, I agree the picture I had was definitely the USS Wright. Having the same hull number led to the confusion.
The practical difference seems to be that Wright was NECPA and the Arlington was Apollo missions and Tonkin Gulf in service