Pictor (AF 54) - Naval Cruise Book

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DECK DEPARTMENT LT FRANK R. SMITH, USN, DEPT. HEAD LTJG MILFORD C. COX, USN ENS. WILLIAM G. DRISCOLL, USNR

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'i SHIPS HISTORY The USS PICTOR had her beginning as a ship operated by the United States Maritime Commission during which time she was known as the S.S. GREAT RE PUBLIC. Her keel was lain on 18 March 1942 at the Moore shipbuilding company in Oakland, California. Upon her completion in 1943 she was operated by the United States Maritime Commission under var- ious charters one of which was the United Fruit Company and finally by the Pacific Far East Line Inc. of San Francisco. In April of 1950 the S.S. GREAT REPUBLIC was inactivated by the United States Mari- time Commission and moored in Suisan Bay, California where she remained until 13 Sep- tember 1950 when the U.S. Navy acquired her for conversion to a Naval auxiliary-store ship. As such, she was renamed the USS PICTOR after a southern constellation. PlCTOR's commissioning took place on 18 Cctober 1950 with Commander John V. Cameron, USN becoming her first skipper. She was then promptly directed to the Far East for three tours during the Korean War. Following the Korean Campaign PICTOR joined the routine operations of supplying our deployed occupation forces including the Taiwan Patrol. It wasn't until the Vietnam con- flict became critical that PICTOR could again display her value to the fleet. Since 1961 she has completed nine deployments to the Western Pacific and South China Sea, the latest of these being from 8 June to 28 September 1968. , . -, - . --V ff t '.sQ9

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FIR T DI I IO Front row - SN Regan, SN Fortenberry, SN Brown, SN Neubauer, SN Snyder, BM3 Belifiore, SN Cheese man Middle row - BMCM Haney, SN Armstead, SN Utter, SN Elliott, SN Mazotti, SN Clark, SN Stokes Back row - SN Hardy, SN Dortch, SN Pilkinton, SA Wilson, SN Danilowicz, SN Azzardi