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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Rio Douro (Fishing Vessel, 1936).
Later USS Mockingbird (AMc-28), 1941-1945
Rio Douro, a 205-ton dragger type fishing vessel, was
built in 1936 at Thomaston, Maine. The Navy purchased her at the
end of October 1940, renamed her Mockingbird (AMc-28) and
placed her in service in June 1941. The minesweeper was soon sent
to tidewater Virginia, and served in that region for the next
two and a half years. Mockingbird was placed out of service
in February 1944. Stricken from the Navy list in late July of
that year, she was transferred to the War Shipping Administration
for disposal in July 1945.
This page features our only views of the fishing vessel
Rio Douro, which was later USS Mockingbird (AMc-28).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102181
Rio Douro (American Fishing Vessel, 1936)
Underway in harbor, prior to her Navy service.
Rio Douro was acquired by the Navy on 30 October 1940
and commissioned on 12 June 1941 as USS Mockingbird (AMc-28).
She was stricken on 29 July 1944 and transferred to the Maritime
Commission for disposal on 23 July 1945.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102182
Rio Douro (American Fishing Vessel, 1936)
In harbor, prior to her Navy service.
Rio Douro was acquired by the Navy on 30 October 1940
and commissioned on 12 June 1941 as USS Mockingbird (AMc-28).
She was stricken on 29 July 1944 and transferred to the Maritime
Commission for disposal on 23 July 1945.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 510 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102183
Rio Douro (American Fishing Vessel, 1936)
Hauled out on a marine railway for repairs, prior to her Navy
service.
Rio Douro served as USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) in
1941-1944.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102184
Rio Douro (American Fishing Vessel, 1936)
Hauled out on a marine railway for repairs, prior to her Navy
service.
She served as USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) in 1941-1944.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 72KB; 530 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102185
Rio Douro (American Fishing Vessel, 1936)
Hauled out on a marine railway for repairs, prior to her Navy
service.
She served as USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) in 1941-1944.
Note her rudder and propeller.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 80KB; 520 x 765 pixels |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National
Archives appears to hold at least one other view of this vessel,
taken after she became USS Mockingbird (AMc-28). The following
list features this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.".
Photo #: 80-G-229281
USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) southbound (course 180) in the
Atlantic off Cape Henry, Virginia, (position 36 57'N, 75 25'W),
8 April 1944. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14, based
at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina.
Starboard broadside high aerial view.
Reproductions of this image should be available through the
National Archives photographic
reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical
Center.
The image listed in this box is NOT
in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain
it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain
Photographic Reproductions.".
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