The U.S. Navy <i>Barnegat</i>-class small seaplane tender USS <i>Humboldt</i> (AVP-21) underway. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 5D which she wore circa from early 1944 to mid-1945. The wartime censor has removed the radar antennas.<br>
Note: The ship is falsly identified as the <i>Evarts</i>-class destroyer escort USS <i>Harold C. Thomas</i> (DE-21). The "battlestar" mentioned below is actually the U.S. Naval Aviation emblem as used at that time. The description below for USS <i>Harold C. Thomas</i> (DE-21) contradicts itself with dating the photo to 1949 ("17 maart 1949") while the ship was scrapped in 1947 ("in 1947 verschroot"). USS <i>Harold C. Thomas</i> was scrapped in 1947. The USS <i>Humboldt</i> was decommissioned on 19 March 1947. From 29 March 1949 to 30 September 1969 she served with the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC <i>Humboldt</i> (WAVP-372).
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circa 1944 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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