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Originally Posted by asianF22
USS La Salle AGF-3
my first ship, was based in Bahrain and was the ONLY Navy ship painted white.
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Way back in the 1950s, Commander Middle East Forces was a tiny command with one ex-WW2 small seaplane tender (AVP) serving as flagship and typically a couple of destroyers. The flagship -- if memory serves there was more than one AVP that served in that role -- was traditionally painted white for the brutal heat.
Here's a photo of the 1959 flagship.