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USS Palm Beach: 1968
![A picture from the bridge of the USS Palm Beach (AGER-3) taken in the Norwegian Sea in the summer of 1968. She was 170 feet long and displaced 700 tons. She was built by Higgins Boats in New Orleans during WW2 as an AKL and served as an internal engine repair ship in the Pacific. Note the twin 20mm mounts covered in tarps. She was also armed with four .50 caliber machine guns, ten Thompson submachine guns, seven .45 cal pistols and one M-1 carbine. Palm Beach was the sister ship of the ill fated USS Pueblo. View full size.
[Did you take this photo? If not, who did? -tterrace]](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/palm_beach_underway.preview.jpg "USS Palm Beach: 1968")
A picture from the bridge of the USS Palm Beach (AGER-3) taken in the Norwegian Sea in the summer of 1968. She was 170 feet long and displaced 700 tons. She was built by Higgins Boats in New Orleans during WW2 as an AKL and served as an internal engine repair ship in the Pacific. Note the twin 20mm mounts covered in tarps. She was also armed with four .50 caliber machine guns, ten Thompson submachine guns, seven .45 cal pistols and one M-1 carbine. Palm Beach was the sister ship of the ill fated USS Pueblo. View full size.
[Did you take this photo? If not, who did? -tterrace]
Palm Beach picture
We had a closed bridge with an open bridge above it. All the ship control functions were handled on the closed bridge. Shorpy has another picture of the Palm Beach which I took in Holy Loch, Scotland tied up alongside a submarine and a submarine tender.
[It was too small to publish in the Gallery. -tterrace]
Ride Captain, Ride!
Did this vessel have an outdoor bridge? If so, it must have been a cold ride while on watch. Please post anymore photos that you might have, I always was fascinated by the small sigint ships of that era.
Who took the picture?
I did. I was her First Lieutenant/Gunnery officer.
[Thanks. That's info that's good to include in your captions. -tterrace]
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