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1957 Ship Pictures

In the early part of 1957, the USS Bergall came out of the the yards, in Kittery, with an upgrade in her sonar capabilities.   While in the yard, she had the
AN/BQR-3A Sonar dome installed in the location replacing the earlier JP sound head, half way up the deck from the sail to the bow, on the port side.  She also had the AN/BQS-2 topside Sonar dome & a topside AN/UQC-1 dome.

In June, she went out on sea trials to get her ready for her next Med cruise.   In this effort the USS Pocono and the USS Lloyd acted as escort and support ships.

Here she is closing in on the USS Pocono.


The USS Pocono has thrown over a line and it's getting hauled onto the Bergall in preparation for transporting something from the ship to the boat.


Here they have set up the hi-lines and are in the process of securing it for the transfer


Here's a close-up of the hauling crew,


And the bridge personnel.


Here is a shot of the USS Pocono crew, on the shipping end of that line.


There goes the transfer.   Tools for a repair?   Too short of a cruise to trade movies!


And a close-up of the bridge crew on the receiving end


Here is the USS Lloyd as she pulls up to the USS Pocono.


A month later the USS Bergall began preparation for her last Med cruise.

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