USS Surfbird Photo Gallery

 Photos submitted by Doug Beach (1953-54)

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Doug Beach QM3 as his watch station. Doug Beach QM3 on the stern of the USS Surfbird in Hong Kong Harbor, 1954 Doug Beach QM3 trying to look Oriental in Hong Kong QM3 Robert Zane Reedy Crooks QM3 on the wheel.
Doug Beach QM3 and Red Linton, Long Beach, CA, 1954 Manuvering to swap movies with the USS Waxwing (AM-389). Mid pacific, 1954 Pilot house, USS Surfbird Pipeline pier, Long Beach, CA Some of us toured Ohua, Hi, 1954
Surfbird at anchor in Hong Kong, 1954 Uss Waxwing bow to bow with USS Surfbird. Mid Pacific, 1954 USS Waxwing manuvering mid Pacific to swap movies with USS Surfbird