Photo #: 80-G-632291 USS Laertes (AR-20) At Sasebo, Japan, with nine minesweepers and a harbor tug alongside. Original photo is dated 8 October 1952. Ships nested to left of Laertes are (from left): USS Impeccable (AM-320); USS Gladiator (AM-319); USS Shoveler (AM-382); USS Defense (AM-317) and USS Devastator (AM-318). Those nested to right are (from left): USS Condor (AMS-5); USS Kite (AMS-22); USS Curlew (AMS-8); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and Wallacut (YTB-420). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.