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Pecos - A river originating in north-central New Mexico which flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, NM, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet The river flows for 926 miles before reaching the Rio Grande near Del Rio. Its drainage basin encompasses about 44,300 square miles. The name "Pecos" derives from the Keresan (Native American language) term for the Pecos Pueblo. The river was also historically referred to as the R�o Natag�s for the Mescalero people. (Wikipedia)

Photo - Pecos River between Terrerro and Pecos, New Mexico, 24 June 2009. ©Fladfif
Map - Map of the watershed of Pecos River, a tributary of the Rio Grande, in New Mexico and Texas, using USGS National Map data, 30 March 2016. ©Shannon1

Tommy Trampp

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Pecos(AO-6) keel laying took place on the Shipway of Boston Navy Yard, 2 June 1920.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13927 (photo # 13927-46b).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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By 6 July 1920 the bottom of the hull of Pecos (AO-6) was beginning to take shape.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13924 (photo # 13924-2).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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4 November 1920 construction progress view of Pecos (AO-6) looking forward.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13924 (photo # 13924-8a).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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7 January 1921 construction progress view of Pecos (AO-6) looking forward.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13924 (photo # 13924-9a).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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7 January 1921 construction progress starboard bow view of Pecos (AO-6).
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13924 (photo # 13924-9c).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

13925-5936

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Pecos (AO-6) main engines under construction in the Boston Navy Yard's Machine Shop No. 1 (Building 42).
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13925 (photo # 13925-5936 and 13925-5934).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

13925-5934

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13925-5936

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22 April 1921 stern view of Pecos (AO-6) ready for launching at Boston Navy Yard.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13928 (photo # 13928-16h and 13928-13928-16g).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

13925-5934

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A variety of flags were used to decorate the platform for the 23 April 1921 launching of Pecos (AO-6) at Boston Navy Yard.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13928 (photo # 13928-16a).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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Following her christening by Miss Anna S. Hubbard, Pecos (AO-6) slid down the ways into the waters of Boston Harbor, 23 April 1921.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13928 (photo # 13928-16j).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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Following Pecos (AO-6) launching much work remained to be done as this 13 July 1921 photo depicts the many workers swarming over the ship while berthed at the Boston Navy Yard's Pier 7 West. Note Whitney (AD-4) begins to rise on the Shipways in the background.
US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13928 (photo # 13928-16).

Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129

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USS Pecos (AO-6) moored pierside, circa 1921, location unknown.
US Navy photo from "Popular Mechanics" magazine via Google

Robert Hurst

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-21482, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.

David Merrill
USS Canisteo web site

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor in Chefoo Harbor, China, 14 September 1928.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 65021 Original negative donated by Mr. Franklin Moran in 1967.

USNH&HC

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, date and location unknown.
Imperial War Museum photo.

Robert Hurst

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo

Jim Kurrasch
Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, date and location unknown.

Don Kehn, Jr.

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, in the 1920s or 1930s. Note some of the ship�s boats stowed forward of the bridge.
US Navy photo courtesy Shipscribe.com.

Mike Green

091900622

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USS Pecos (AO-6) at anchor, date and location unknown.
U.S. Navy photo

Darryl Baker