USS Chaumont, port quarter view, USN photo # NH 55090


USS Chaumont (AP-5)

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Chaumont (AP-5) moored to a landing with troops on deck in the 1920s or 1930s.

US Navy Photo #: NH 55090 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center 		USS Chaumont moored to a landing in the South Pacific, with troops on deck. In the 1920s or 1930s, before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) pierside at Corinto, Nicaragua, in the 1920s or 1930s.

US Navy Photo #: NH 55091 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center 		USS Chaumont moored to pier in Corinto, Nicaragua. In the 1920s or 1930s, before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China. USS Chaumont leaving San Diego 29 August 1937, carrying U.S. Marines to China before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China. USS Chaumont leaving San Diego 29 August 1937, carrying U.S. Marines to China before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China. USS Chaumont leaving San Diego 29 August 1937, carrying U.S. Marines to China before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) departing Manila Bay, 12 October 1937, bound for Shanghai, China. USS Chaumont departing Manila Bay 19 October 1937, carrying U.S. Marines to China before World War II began.
Photo of Albert Weigandt F1/c's souvenir of Chaumont's voyage to the Far East in 1937. Albert Weigandt F1/c's souvenir of the USS Chaumont tour of the Far East in 1937, just before World War II began.
Close-up view of Albert Weigandt F1/c's souvenir of Chaumont's voyage to the Far East in 1937. Albert Weigandt F1/c's souvenir of the USS Chaumont tour of the Far East in 1937, just before World War II began.
Chaumont (AP-5) underway, date and place unknown. USS Chaumont underway along the Far East Pacific coast in the 1930s, just before World War II began.
Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 13 March 1945, place unknown. USS Chaumont at anchor along the Far East Pacific coast in the 1930s, just before World War II began.
Samaritan (AH-10), 13 March 1945, place unknown. USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, at anchor 30 March 1944, during World War II in the Pacific.
Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 30 March 1944, place unknown. USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, at anchor in 1944, during World War II in the Pacific.
Samaritan (AH-10) underway, date and place unknown. USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, underway in 1944, during World War II in the Pacific.
Samaritan (AH-10) off Iwo Jima in February 1945. Mount Suribatchi is in the background. Beyond the hospital ship are LST-755 and LST-764 in weathered pattern camouflage. Samaritan was painted white with a green hull band and red crosses on sides and funnel.
US Navy photo from DANFS. 		USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, off Iwo Jima in February 1945, Mount Suribatchi in the background, LST-755 and LST-764 closer to shore.
Samaritan (AH-10) off Iwo Jima in February 1945. LSM-46 has just shoved off after delivering wounded Marines to the hospital ship and is returning to the beach to collect additional wounded Marines.
Photo was taken from LSM-46 by Lawrence A. Miller QM2/c. 		USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, off Iwo Jima in February 1945. LSM-46 has just delivered wounded U.S. Marines on board for medical treatment.
Samaritan (AH-10) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA, between August 1945 and June 1946.
US Navy photo # NH 98753, donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN, (Ret), 2003 to the collection of the US Naval Historical Center. 		USS Samaritan, former USS Chaumont, underway in San Francisco Bay between August 1945 and June 1946, just after its service in the Pacific Fleet throughout World War II.

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History of the ship

Ports of Call — Records from the US National Archives listing her ports of call July 1937 through June 1941

Photos from history.navy.mil

Photos from the Panama Canal and Shanghai

Photos of envelopes and letters sent from on board, pennants, etc.

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