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Photo # NH 59786:  Brazilian transport Duque de Caxias in port, circa the 1950s

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the BRAZILIAN NAVY --

Duque de Caxias (Transport, 1945-1960).
Previously USS Orizaba (AP-24)

Duque de Caxias, a 11,130-ton (displacement) transport, was built in 1918 as the commercial passenger liner Orizaba. She served in both World Wars as USS Orizaba (ID # 1536 and AP-24). Transferred to Brazil under Lend-Lease, she was recommissioned as a Brazilian Navy ship in July 1945. Though badly damaged by fire a year later, Duque de Caxias was repaired and served as a transport and training ship until 1960.

This page features some of the views we have concerning the Brazilian transport Duque de Caxias, which was previously USS Orizaba (AP-24).

For other photographs of this ship, taken prior to her transfer to the Brazilian Navy, see:

  • USS Orizaba (ID # 1536, later AP-24), 1918-1919 and 1941-1945.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 59786

    Duque de Caxias

    (Brazilian Transport, 1918, formerly USS Orizaba)

    In port, circa the 1950s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59785

    Duque de Caxias

    (Brazilian Transport, 1918, formerly USS Orizaba)

    In port, circa the 1950s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     

    For other photographs of this ship, taken prior to her transfer to the Brazilian Navy, see:

  • USS Orizaba (ID # 1536, later AP-24), 1918-1919 and 1941-1945.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 27 October 2005