USS Mindanao (ARG-3)
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USS Mindanao was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She was sunk as an artificial reef in 1980.
USS Mindanao on 16 December 1943
Salvage and rescue work underway on Mindanao shortly after Mount Hood blew up about 350 yd (320 m) away. Note the heavy damage to Mindanao's hull and superstructure, including large holes from fragment impacts. View looks forward from alongside her port quarter. Mindanao had 180 crewmen killed and injured by this explosion. She was under repair until 21 December 1944. Small craft alongside or nearby include (from left) YPB-6 (probable identification), two
USS Luzon (ARG-2)
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USS Luzon was an internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1960. She was the lead ship in a class of twelve ships and was scrappe
USS Mindanao (ARG-3)
…USS Mindanao (ARG-3) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She was sunk as an artificial reef in 1980. Mindanao…
USS Luzon (ARG-2) in the 1950s