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USS LSM-491 and USS LSM-308 entering the Advanced Base Section Dock
USS ABSD-6 at Apra Harbor, Guam, Marianas Islands, date unknown.
US Navy photo |
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USS LSM-491 in port, date and place unknown. |
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Page one of the Schedule of Events pamphlet for the Transfer and Commissioning Ceremonies of six US Navy ships that will comprise the
Federal Republic of Germany Second Landing Squadron, 5 September 1958 at US Naval Shipyard Charleston, S.C.
USS Thames River LSM(R)-534 to Germany renamed Natter (L-755)
USS Smyrna River LSM(R)-532 to Germany renamed Otter (L-754)
USS LSM-537 to Germany named Krokodil (L-750)
USS LSM-491 to Germany named Eidechse (L-751)
USS LSM-553 to Germany named Salamander (L-752)
USS LSM-558 to Germany named Viper (L-753) |
Ingo Zeitz |
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Page two of the Transfer and Commissioning Ceremonies pamphlet for the six US Navy ships that will comprise the Federal Republic of Germany
Second Landing Squadron, 5 September 1958 at US Naval Shipyard Charleston, S.C. |
Ingo Zeitz |
 Eidechse (L-751)
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Ex-USS LSM-491 in Federal Republic of Germany service as Eidechse (L-751) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo # USN 1038269 |
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USS Eidechse (L-751) under way, date and location unknown.
US National Archives Photo # USN 1038268 a US Navy Photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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The four LSMs of the Federal Republic of Germany Second Landing Squadron moored pierside at the German Naval Base at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
From outboard to inboard;
Ex-USS LSM-558 in Germany service as Viper (L-753)
Ex-USS LSM-553 in Germany service as Salamander (L-752)
Ex-USS LSM-537 in Germany service as Krokodil (L-750)
Ex-USS LSM-491 in Germany service as Eidechse (L-751), date unknown. |
Ingo Zeitz |
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The four LSMs of the Federal Republic of Germany Second Landing Squadron beached during amphibious exercises, date and location unknown.From left to right;
Eidechse (L-751)
Krokodil (L-750)
Salamander (L-752)
Viper (L-753), date unknown. |
Ingo Zeitz |
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The three LSMs of the Federal Republic of Germany Second Landing Squadron beached during amphibious exercises, date and location unknown.From left to right;
Salamander (L-752)
Krokodil (L-750)
Eidechse (L-751), date unknown. |
Ingo Zeitz |
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The three LSMs of the Federal Republic of Germany Second Landing Squadron beached during amphibious exercises, date and location unknown.From left to right;
Salamander (L-752)
Krokodil (L-750)
Eidechse (L-751), date unknown. |
Ingo Zeitz |
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Eidechse (L-751) under way, circa 1960s, location unknown. |
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