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Neptune 151k 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)
Neptune
09270226 19k 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 Neptune 81k 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 Neptune 84k 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 Neptune 217k 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 Neptune 205k 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 142k 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 Neptune 297k USS Neptune (ARC-2) at anchor, circa 1954, location unknown.
US Navy photo.
Robert Hurst Neptune 86k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1957.
Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.
Robert M. Cieri Neptune 256k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway off Hampton Roads, VA. 28 November 1960.
Photo courtesy of Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA., ©Nobe Smith.
Bill Gonyo Neptune 43k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway in April 1972, location unknown. Robert Hurst Neptune 50k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1973
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. Neptune 43k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo
Robert Hurst Neptune 120k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown. ©Ramon Jackson Neptune 277k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway off Hawaii, date unknown.
DVIC photo # DNST9011493 by PH3 D.R. Hyder USN.
Defense Visual Information Center web site Neptune 93k 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 Neptune 57k 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 Neptune 45k USS Neptune (ARC-2) Change of Command, 8 September 1970 at San Francisco, CA. Russ Padden, courtesy Don Scott YNCS USN Ret Neptune 236k 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 Neptune
09270227 221k USS Neptune (ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. Identifier 7575628.
Robert Hurst Neptune 403k USS Neptune (ARC-2) ship's plaques. Photo by Terry Spierling Neptune 379k USNS Neptune (T-ARC-2)
Neptune 203k USNS Neptune (T-ARC-2) underway, date and location unknown/ Carl R. Friberg Jr