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USACS William H. G. Bullard
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Namesake
William Hannum Grubb Bullard (6 December 1866 � 24 November 1927) United States Navy admiral,
who serviced during the Spanish�American War and World War I.
After World War I, he established the Navy's patrol on China's Yangtze River. A noted electrical engineer, he wrote a popular handbook on naval electrical systems, and
contributed to the use of radio in the Navy. (Wikipedia) |
Tommy Trampp |
USS Neptune (ARC-2)
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Namesake
Neptune is the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune is the
brother of Jupiter and Pluto; the brothers preside over the realms of Heaven, the earthly world, and the Underworld. Salacia is his wife. (Wikipedia) |
Tommy Trampp |
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Neptune (ARC-2) in drydock during conversion to a Cable Laying and Repair Ship at Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD., early 1953. |
Photo by Gene Ruark, pre-commissioning crew |
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Neptune (ARC-2) in drydock during conversion to a Cable Laying and Repair Ship at Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD., early 1953. |
Photo by Gene Ruark, pre-commissioning crew |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) crew photo during commissioning ceremony, Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD, 1 June 1953 Bethlehem Steel photo. |
Gene Ruark, pre-commissioning crew |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) off Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD, during sea trials, circa June 1953 Bethlehem Steel photo. |
Gene Ruark, pre-commissioning crew |
![Neptune](https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/27/tn/09270209.gif) |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) at Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD, close up of bow (cable) sheaves , circa June 1953 Bethlehem Steel photo. |
Gene Ruark, pre-commissioning crew |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) at anchor, circa 1954, location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1957. Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway off Hampton Roads, VA. 28 November 1960. Photo courtesy of Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA., ©Nobe Smith. |
Bill Gonyo |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway in April 1972, location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1973 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown. |
©Ramon Jackson |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway off Hawaii, date unknown. DVIC photo # DNST9011493 by PH3 D.R. Hyder USN. |
Defense Visual Information Center web site |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) getting underway at NOB Norfolk, VA. with the assistance of harbor tugs Oratamin (YTM-347) and Chiquito (YTB-499), August 1964. |
©Richard Leonhardt |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) getting underway at NOB Norfolk, VA. with the assistance of harbor tugs Oratamin (YTM-347) and Chiquito (YTB-499), August 1964. |
©Richard Leonhardt |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) Change of Command, 8 September 1970 at San Francisco, CA. |
Russ Padden, courtesy Don Scott YNCS USN Ret |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) (28 Berth) and
USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) (8 Berth) moored at Barry Docks, Wales, Great Britain in August 1973. |
Terry Spierling |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. Identifier 7575628. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Neptune (ARC-2) ship's plaques. |
Photo by Terry Spierling |
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USNS Neptune (T-ARC-2)
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USNS Neptune (T-ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown/ |
Carl R. Friberg Jr |