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Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, N.J. Camden is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, PA.
The city was incorporated on February 13, 1828. The city derives its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. (Wikipedia) |
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| Camden
09590277 | 117k | Mrs. Benedict J. Semmes, wife of the Chief of Naval Personnel. ADM. Semmes, christens Camden (AOE-2) during the ship's
launching, 29 May 1965, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
New York Shipbuilding Corp. photo. |
Dale Hargrave | |
| Camden | 584k | Camden (AOE-2) launching, 29 May 1965, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
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| Camden
09590278 | 83k | Camden (AOE-2) builders identification photo, 14 November 1966, off New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
New York Shipbuilding Corp. photo # 542-89-66. |
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| Camden
09590281 | 258k | Camden (AOE-2) underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown
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Nicholas Tiberio | |
| Camden | 74k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown, US Navy photo. |
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| Camden | 359k | USS Camden (AOE-2) departs after being alongside USS America (CVA-66) during a replenishment at sea in WESTPAC during 1968. Photo taken from USS England (DLG-22) | John Spivey | |
| Camden | 158k | Line handlers on board USS Boston (CA-69) bring across a fuel hose from USS Camden (AOE-2) during underway replenishment operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, July 1968. US Navy photo # USN 1134232 by PH2 Gardner, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
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171k | USS Camden (AOE-2) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Gurke (DD-783)
off the coast of Vietnam, May 1972.
photo taken by Bruce Hevner from USS Mispillion> (AO-105) |
Bob Canchola | |
| Camden | 86k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way alongside the guided missile cruiser USS Chicago (CG-11) during the Vietnam war. The image shows Camden's refueling hose being hauled across to Chicago. Photo taken by Thewellman (name unknown). | Robert Hurst | |
| Camden | 153k | USS Camden (AOE-2) en route to Vietnam, South China Sea | Photo by William P Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) |
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| Camden | 111k | USS Camden (AOE-2) outbound to sea from San Diego, CA., date unknown | Richard Miller3 BMCS USNR Ret. | |
| Camden | 197k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
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| Camden | 79k | USS Camden (AOE-2) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Intrepid (CVS-11), WESTPAC, second half of 1968. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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(Гидрофон) shadows USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)
and other US warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, 28 October 1969.
According to their deck logs, USS Camden (AOE-2) conducted an UNREP with Coral Sea, USS Blue (DD-744), and USS Collett (DD-730), 27-28 October 1969. USS Coral Sea CVB-43 CVA-43 CV-43 Tribute Site |
Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.) | |
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37k | Views from USS Hancock (CVA-19) as the carrier approaches and steams
alongside USS Camden (AOE-2)'s port side, 26 November 1968 on Yankee Station off the coast of South Vietnam to conduct a routine underway replenishment.
At 1424 two aircraft, An F-8 Crusader belonging to VF-24 Renegades and an the ships Carrier Onboard Delivery aircraft (COD) C-1 Trader parked on the the No. 3 elevator
with their tails hanging over the edge of the elevator became entangled in the hoses and guy wires stretched between the ships to transfer fuel from Camden
to Hancock. Both aircraft ended up on the main deck of Camden. These photos show some of result of the collision and wreckage.
Photos contributed by Michael Gordon USS Hancock USS Camden Deck Log for 26 November 1968 |
Bob Canchola | |
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| CVA-19 Hancock | 77k | A couple of aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 21 involuntarily "transferred" from USS Hancock (CVA-19) to USS Camden (AOE-2) as a result of a collision in the Tonkin Gulf, 26 November 1968. See USS Hancock Oral History website for more details. |
Facebook, via Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) |
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| Camden | 111k | USS Camden (AOE-2) conducting an underway replenishment with an unidentified destroyer and aircraft carrier, circa 1968, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| Camden | 568k | USS Camden (AOE-2) alongside the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) while conducting an underway replenishment on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam in December 1968. In addition to delivering food, fuel and cargo Camden also on this occasion delivered Martha Raye to Coral Sea for a USO Christmas Show. | Hank Cenkner, former CTR2 | |
| Hassayampa
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108k | U.S. Navy stores ship USS Pictor (AF-54), highlines cargo to the
fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE-2), center, while the fleet oiler
USS Hassayampa (AO-145) replenishes Camden's fuel oil tanks, circa February 1969.
091914527 - U.S Navy photo 091914543 - U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # XFC-02171-2-69 by PH2 Kenneth L. Barrett |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. Robert Hurst |
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| Camden | 104k | USS Camden (AOE-2), with USS Hollister (DD-788) alongside during Vertrep and refueling operations off the coast of South Vietnam in 1969. Photo taken from Iwo Jima (LPH-2) by H.R. Adams CSC USN | Larry Lee | |
| Camden | 63k | USS Camden (AOE-2) at anchor at Subic Bay, P.I., in February 1969. US Navy photo. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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313k | USS Camden (AOE-2) conducting and UNREP/VERTREP with USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in Tonkin Gulf, circa 1972. The Sea Knight helicopter appears to be CH-46D BuNo 154031 assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3 (HC-3/HSC-3). | Mike Dunlap | |
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| Camden | 158k | USS John R. Craig (DD-885) comes alongside USS Camden (AOE-2) off the coast of Vietnam during an underway replenishment, circa 2 April 1972. Photo taken from USS Waddell (DDG-24), by GMG2 Bill Liesch. | Photos courtesy GMG2 Bill Liesch, contributed by Bob Canchola | |
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| Camden | 101k | USS Waddell (DDG-24) comes alongside USS Camden
(AOE-2) in WestPac during an underway replenishment, circa 1971-72.
Photo taken from USS Waddell (DDG-24), by GMG2 Bill Liesch. |
Photos courtesy GMG2 Bill Liesch, contributed by Bob Canchola | |
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| Camden | 3327k | USS Camden (AOE-2) in the harbor at Wellington, New Zealand, 14 August 1979. | Photo from the Chris Howell collection with copyright | |
| Camden | 84k | USS Camden (AOE-2) mooring at Pier 38 San Francisco Service Engineering Co., 2 October 1981 to begin an extensive overhaul. The overhaul was scheduled to be completed by Todd Shipbuilding, Oakland, CA. by November 1982. | Tommy Trampp | |
| Camden | 98k | USS Camden (AOE-2), bows on view in port San Diego, at NAS North Island, circa February 1987. Photo taken from the USS Coronado (AGF-11). | Lacy L Lee Jr, RM1 USN Ret | |
| Camden | 95k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
| Camden | 347k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| Camden | 94k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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Nicholas Tiberio | |
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Nicholas Tiberio | |
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09590284 | 260k | Camden (AOE-2) underway, date and location unknown. | Nicholas Tiberio | |
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09590285 | 187k | Camden (AOE-2) underway, date and location unknown. | Nicholas Tiberio | |
| Camden | 61k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way off the coast of California, 24 February 1989. Photo by Karsten Petersen |
Robert Hurst | |
| Cook | 188k | USS Camden (AOE-2) with USS Cook (FF-1083) alongside, 1 June 1990, at Diego Garcia. US Navy photo DVID # DN-SC-93-01106 |
Defense Imagery.mil | |
| CVN-70 Carl Vinson | 387k | An aerial view of Battle Group 94 under way near Australia, circa July 1994.
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is shown with some of the
accompanying ships of the Battle Group. Clockwise from the left: the nuclear-powered attack submarine
USS Asheville (SSN-758), the nuclear-powered
guided missile cruiser USS Arkansas (CGN-41), the fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE-2), the guided missile frigate USS Reuben James (FFG-57), and the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54). |
Robert Hurst | |
| Camden | 127k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, photo signed by CAPT. Moe Joyce, dated 8 December 1997 | Tom Armstrong | |
| Camden | 434k | USS Camden (AOE-2) is assisted by tugs into the Port of Valdez, Alaska city terminal in support of the Alaskan Command exercise "Northern Edge 2002. US Air Force photo # 220424-F-5789F-001 PORT OF VALDEZ, (24 April 2002) by TSGT. Steve Faulisi, USAF |
Defense Imagery.mil | |
| Camden | 61k | USS Camden (AOE-2) moored pierside at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., July 2004. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
| Camden | 52k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way during a replenishment at sea with USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), 24 January 2005. US Navy photo # 050124-N-8623G-017 from the Navy NewsStand web site |
Jack Treutle | |
| Camden | 30k | USS Camden (AOE-2) holds her station as an unidentified DDG breaks away and USS Mustin (DDG-89) prepares to come alongside for replenishment at sea. Week of 13 February 2005. | Photo by Ens. Brandon M. Booher USS Mustin, submitted by John VanGiesen USS Camden | |
| Camden | 45k | USS Camden (AOE-2) holds her course as USS Mustin (DDG-89) comes alongside for replenishment at sea. Week of 13 February 2005. Good close-up view of USS Camden's stern area. | Photo by Ens. Brandon M. Booher USS Mustin, submitted by John VanGiesen USS Camden | |
| Camden | 55k | USS Camden (AOE-2) and USS Mustin (DDG-89) about to begin a replenishment at sea. Week of 13 February 2005. | Photo by Ens. Brandon M. Booher USS Mustin, submitted by John VanGiesen USS Camden | |
| Camden | 36k | USS Camden (AOE-2)'s greeting to ships that come alongside for replenishment at sea. Week of 13 February 2005. | Photo by Ens. Brandon M. Booher USS Mustin, submitted by John VanGiesen USS Camden | |
| Camden | 125k | USS Camden (AOE-2) separates from her position alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the Philippine Sea, 17 February 2005. The AOE has the speed and
armament to keep up with the Carrier Strike Groups and has the capability to carry more than 177,000 barrels of oil, 2,150 tons of ammunition, 500 tons of dry stores and 250 tons of
refrigerated stores. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific
Ocean. US Navy photo # 050217-N-6074Y-108, by PH3 M. Jeremie Yoder. |
Robert Hurst | |
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185k | Crew members assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Thach (FFG-43), stand
ready for their line handling duties as the ship makes her approach to USS Camden (AOE-2) and the amphibious transport dock ship
USS Duluth (LPD-6), 24 March 2005.
U.S. Navy photo # 050324-N-6932B-022 by PH1 Richard J. Brunson. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Camden
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123k | USS Camden (AOE-2) pulled alongside amphibious transport dock ship
USS Duluth (LPD-6) for a night time replenishment at sea (RAS), 17 April 2005. Extreme safety measures are taken at all times for the ships and their crew members during
operations where fuel and stores are taken onboard.
U.S. Navy photo # 050417-N-4309A-049 by PH1 Aaron Ansarov. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Camden | 129k | USS Camden (AOE-2) transits through the Suez Canal, while operating with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations (AOR), 8 July 2005. . US Navy photo # 050708-N-5275P-005 by PHAN Sherry Louise Peck. |
Jack Treutle | |
| Camden | 62k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
| Camden | 86k | USS Camden (AOE-2) under way, date and location unknown. | Tom Armstrong | |
| Camden | 43k | USS Camden (AOE-2) returns to her homeport at Bremerton, WA. after completing an overseas deployment, date unknown. She is being nudged into her berth by Large Harbor Tug Canonchet (YTB-834). | Tom Armstrong | |
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| Camden | 204k | Ex-USS Camden (AOE-2) in the Panama Canal, 14 August 2007, while enroute to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., for scrapping. | Photo by Capt. Peter, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | |
| Camden | 218k | Ex-USS Camden (AOE-2) in the Panama Canal, 14 August 2007, while enroute to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., for scrapping. | Photo by Capt. Peter, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | |
| Camden | 222k | Ex-USS Camden (AOE-2) moored at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., while being dismantled. | Photo by Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX. | |
| Sacramento | 1086k | Ex-USS Camden (AOE-02) moored forward of ex-USS Sacramento (AOE-01) at ESCO Marine during scrapping operations. USS Camden (AOE-2) has a fire on board while being cut up by the scrappers torches. Photo by © Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX. | TJ Tropea | |
