USS Serpens AK 97 Commemorative Website - Photo Gallery Page



These images from the USS Serpens were collected from my Grandfather - LCDR Carber's Photograph collection that I pieced together from his 20+ year Coast Guard History.

 


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USS Serpens AK 97
 
USS Serpens AK 97
Officers Inspection
 
Officers of the Day
 
On Deck Inspection
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USS Serpens AK 97

Back row - Lt. Goral and Lt. Carber

Front Row - Heimbinger, Grant and Thomas

 
Morning Muster
 
Visiting the Local Population
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(Lt. Goral far left and Lt. Carber on the right)
 
Boya, Diehl, Lumbacher, McGuckin, L'Auson, Carber, Grisamore
 
Goral and Carber
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USS Serpens AK 97
 
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Tropical Morning Muster
 

W.C. Carber and Dr. Harry Levin and crew on an Landing Craft, Vehicle (LCV)

 

Standing left to right - Kotas, Ellison, Alligood, Carber and Aiken

Middle Row - Davis, DiPalma, Elliott, Palmer and Brown

Front Row - "Doc" Schweigat, Banach and Auble

16 January 1944

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USS Serpens AK 97
USS Serpens AK 97

Left to Right - Palmer, Auble, Carber & Brown

January 16th, 1944

 
Material Inspection - Lt. Alger and Lt. Carber
 

Front row left to right - Keese, Auble, Elliott, Schweigers, Di Palma & Palmer

Standing row left to right - Banach, Ellison, Loring, Glines, Johnson, Hurley & Carber

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USS Serpens AK 97
 
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Lowering the Whaleboat
 
Blackburn and S1 Colon J. Hutchinson
 
Carber and Goral
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Shellback Certficate off the Serpens dated the fourth of July 1943

 
Shellback Certficate off the Serpens dated the fourth of July 1943
 
Commanding Officer Hurley and Supply Officer Carber
Lt. Carber and Dr. Levin
 
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USS Serpens AK 97

Lt. W.C. Carber and Dr. Harry Levin

 
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Lt. W.C. Carber and MOMM1 Hugo Riccardi
Commissioning Ceremony
 
Commissioning Ceremony
 
Lt. Carber and Dr. Levin
Commissioning Ceremony
 
Commissioning Ceremony
 

W.C. Carber and V. Dipalma

Purvis Bay - August 8th, 1944

Woodie
 
Lt. Ellison [?] and Lt. Carber
 
Lt. Ellison [?] and Lt. Carber
"Woodie"
  Robert C. Pettes Serpens Artwork   Lt. Goral [?] and Lt. Carber, S1 Colon J. Hutchinson