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NAVY'S NEW FAST SCOUT CRUISERS
The above picture shows the completed appearance of our new scout cruisers, the first of which, the Omaha (CL 4) was launched at Tacoma, Washington, in the middle of last month.
These ten scout cruisers will be named the Omaha, Milwaukee (CL 5), Cincinnati (CL 6), Raleigh (CL 7), Detroit (CL 8), Richmond (CL 9), Concord (CL 10), Trenton (CL 11), Marblehead (CL 12) & Memphis (CL 13) ...... |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo from The Alliance Herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, 25 January 1921, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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U.S. CRUISER IS LAUNCHED FROM TACOMA YARD
Milwaukee (CL 5) Slides Down Ways at
5:30 This Afternoon; Congratulations From Roosevelt Received |
Image and text provided by University of Wyoming Libraries.
Photo from Casper Daily Tribune. [volume] (Casper, Wyo.) 1916-1931, 24 March 1921, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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SECOND “SPEEDIEST” CRAFT IN U. S. NAVY IS LAUNCHED AT PACIFIC COAST YARD
The USS Milwaukee (CL 5) leaving the ways, and Mrs. Rudolph Pfeil, Jr, who christened the ship.
Mrs. Rudolph Pfeil (Josephine Schultz), appointed by the Mayor of Milwaukee in recognition of work during the World War for American soldiers and sailors. |
Partial text courtesy of Ships of the United States Navy and their Sponsors, 1913—1923 by Anne Martin Hall and Edith Wallace Benham, pg147.
Image and text provided by History Colorado.
Photo from Pueblo Chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 15 April 1921, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Milwaukee (CL 5) sitting on the ways at Todd Dry Dock &
Construction Co. Tacoma, WA. The hull to the right is
Cincinnati.
Photo courtesy of the United
States Naval Institute.
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Jim Geldert, USNI |
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Milwaukee (CL 5) launching bow first at Todd Dry Dock &
Construction Co. Tacoma, WA on 24 March 1921.
Photo from Popular Mechanics Magazine 1921
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Robert Hurst |
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Milwaukee (CL 5) launching bow first at Todd Dry Dock &
Construction Co. Tacoma, WA on 24 March 1921.
Photo courtesy of the United
States Naval Institute.
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Jim Geldert, USNI |
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Milwaukee (CL 5) being positioned after launch. The two tugs in the
foreground are Hero and Wasp.
Photo courtesy of the United
States Naval Institute.
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Jim Geldert, USNI
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Excellent undated, stern image. |
Tom Kerman |
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At Tacoma, Washington, in 1923. Photo by F.J. Lee, Tacoma.
Naval History and Heritage Command photograph #NH 46131
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Tommy Trampp |
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At Tacoma, Washington, in 1923. Note how narrow the beam on
this class is. Photo by F.J. Lee, Tacoma.
Naval History and Heritage Command photograph #NH 46133
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Tommy Trampp |
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Mines on an Omaha class (CL 4-13) light cruiser taken while the ship was underway at sea, looking aft, showing the very wet conditions that were typical on these cruisers' after decks when they were operating in a seaway. Photographed circa 1923-1925, prior to the addition of a deckhouse just forward of the ships' after twin six-inch gun mount. |
Donation of Ronald W. Compton, from the collection of his grandfather, Chief Machinist's Mate William C. Carlson, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Photo NH-99637 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Mines on an Omaha class (CL 4-13) light cruiser seen from off the ship's starboard quarter, showing mines on their tracks fore and aft of the after six-inch gun mount. |
Donation of Ronald W. Compton, from the collection of his grandfather, Chief Machinist's Mate William C. Carlson, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Photo NH-99638 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) in a Pacific Ocean port during her
shakedown cruise, circa mid-1923. Note the outrigger canoe in
the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46130.
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They Can Tune Out If They Want to
By means of most powerful receiving set in the navy the crew of the cruiser Milwaukee (CL 5), lying In Hudson river, New York, got all of the democratic convention doings—airway heard the things they wanted to hear. That’s the beauty of radio. |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo from The Omaha Morning Bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 06 July 1924, PART TWO, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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To Blaze Trail for World Flyers
Catapulting a Vought O2U Corsair Float Plane off the starboard catapult.
While round-world flyers were resting in England the cruiser Milwaukee (CL 5) left New York with emergency supplies and markers to guide pilots from Greenland. |
Photo via Steve Franklin.
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 21 July 1924, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Landing for Aviators Prepared
An officer of the USS Milwaukee (CL 5) is shown placing buoys to which the American world flyers will anchor when they reach Indian Harbor, at Pictoti, N. S. The buoys are marked with yellow flags, as this color is easiest to see from the air. An American flag also was attached to the first buoy to be put overboard. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Alaska Daily Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 25 August 1924, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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U. S. CRUISER SINKS SHIP IN COLLISION
USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Rescues Crew of Schooner Cut in Two Off Cape Henry |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 21 September 1925, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Needed: Propeller Repairs
Dense fog caused collision between U. S. cruiser Milwaukee (CL 5) and a schooner, with result that Milwaukee limped into navy yard at Brooklyn, N. Y., with damaged propeller. |
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 23 September 1925, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Launches a torpedo during
exercises, circa 1925. Courtesy of Mrs. Donald Shull, 1976.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 85126.
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Change of Command ceremony - Menner relieving
Woodward, 11 April 1928. |
Steve Franklin |
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Manning the rail for the Presidential Yacht USS
Mayflower (PY 1) Circa 1928-1929. |
Steve Franklin |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) The ship's two starboard 3"/50
anti-aircraft guns in action during target practice, 5 December
1928. Notice the framework around the guns to prevent firing
into the ship's superstructure. Donation of Franklin Moran,
1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64614.
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View of Hong Kong Harbor, circa 1928-1929, at sunset. Note
shipping in harbor in background and the Vought O2U Corsair
Float Plane on the port catapult. Courtesy of Mr. Franklin Moran
Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 80492
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Moored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Circa 1929-1932. |
Steve Franklin |
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Firing a torpedo from the upper deck port torpedo
tubes, which were located aft of the catapult. Circa 1929-1932. |
Steve Franklin |
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Undergoing repairs in USS
Dewey YFD-1 floating drydock, Olongapo,
Philippine Islands, February 1929. |
Steve Franklin |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Sailors working on the ship's
propellers, while she was in the Dewey Drydock at the Olongapo
Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 25 February 1929. Donation of
Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64618.
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Water flows aft over the bow as the
cruiser makes a stormy passage from Manila to Hong Kong, 6 March
1929. View was taken from the foremast, with the ship's forward
twin 6"/53 gun turret in the foreground. Donation of Franklin
Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64616.
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Flying a "Homeward Bound" pennant
at Yokohama, Japan, on 13 May 1929. Donation of Franklin Moran,
1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64613.
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Photographed circa the early 1930s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 97979.
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USS Milwaukee in Boston Navy Yard with pennants flying, 9 February 1932. |
File name: 08_06_004715, Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com. |
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Vought O2U-1 observation plane on board the USS
Milwaukee. The "Flying turtle with a hash mark"
indicates that the plane is a "shellback" twice over, having
made two flights over the Equator on 18 January 1931. This
photograph was probably made shortly after those flights took
place. The gun-like object in the center background is a loading
machine for the 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns carried by this ship.
Loading machines were used for dry loading exercises and helped
to minimize unnecessary wear and tear on the guns themselves.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64634.
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Tommy Trampp |
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Navy Yard diver going down to repair collar on USS
Milwaukee by using torch. Circa 1932
Digital Commonwealth,
http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0p096h06d
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Michael Mohl |
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Navy Yard diver going down to burn collar of USS
Milwaukee with torch. Circa 1932.
Digital Commonwealth,
http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cn69m674p
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Michael Mohl |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Photographed by Tai Sing Loo in
Pearl Harbor, circa the middle or later 1930s. Courtesy of the
USS Milwaukee Shipmates Association.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 97980.
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Undated, Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San
Francisco, circa 1937. |
Randy Kimes |
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View of commemorative map of the cruise made from San Diego, U. S. A., to Australia, and back to San Diego, in late 1937 to early 1938. Cruise made by Trenton (CL 11), Memphis (CL 13) and Milwaukee (CL 5). |
Photo NH-82488 courtesy of Oregon Army National Guard, Oregon Military Academy, 1975 via history.navy.mil |
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ANOTHER LANGUAGE SPELLS FAREWELL at sea where planes dip low to say goodby to departing ships. When US cruisers Trenton (CL 11), (background) Memphis (CL 13) and Milwaukee (CL 5) (right) left Sydney, amphibians from Royal Australian navy dipped in farewell salute. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Alaska Daily Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 16 March 1938, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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I found the attached at NARA II a couple of weeks ago. It was
in a folder labeled "Painting - Moravian Paint Test - USS
Milwaukee (CL 5)." I did some research and came up with:
http://www.archive.org/stream/pacificmarinerev4548paci/pacificmarinerev4548paci_djvu.txt
"Several commercial brands of plastic paint have been
investigated by the Navy during the past 50 years. Outstanding
in the early tests were the Moravian paints manufactured by
Veneziani of Trieste. A green anti-fouling paint furnished by
this firm passed Navy tests so satisfactorily that in 1902
several battleships and cruisers were coated with it. These
applications proved very satisfactory, but because of pressure
against use of foreign paints and difficulties in procurement,
their use was discontinued.
Mare Island Navy Yard was asked to carry on further
investigations, and in 1901 reported that "all Chemical Warfare
Service paints were quite effective against fouling and
furnished good protective films." In 1932, the Navy bought
sufficient Moravian paint to coat twice the bottoms of one
destroyer and two cruisers, and after exhaustive tests, the
experts agreed that Moravian was more effective than Navy
Standard against fouling. The Navy then started out to find a
formula that would be equal to or better than Moravian. "
NARA II - Puget Sound Navy Yard photo
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Off the New York Navy Yard, 7
January 1942.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-27088.
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) View looking aft from the bow,
taken off the New York Navy Yard on 7 January 1942. Note details
of the ship's forward superstructure and forecastle. Numbers
identify recently installed items.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-27091.
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At New York Navy Yard, 7 January 1942. Note 1.1" anti-aircraft
gun and its director.
National Archives Photograph #19-N-27090
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Two views of USS Milwaukee at a Brooklyn Navy
Yard overhaul on 6 & 17 August 1943.
From NA DD246 and DD341 19LCM.
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John Chiquoine and Rick E. Davis |
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Two views of USS Milwaukee at a Brooklyn Navy
Yard overhaul on 6 & 17 August 1943.
From NA DD246 and DD341 19LCM.
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John Chiquoine and Rick E. Davis |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Off New York City, circa August
1943.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-51513.
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CRUISER MILWAUKEE DROPS ANCHOR
Flying Russian colors, the American lend-lease cruiser Milwaukee dropped anchor at the Delaware Bay Breakwater here yesterday. The warship, turned over to Russia in 1944, is the first of 586 American vessels to be returned by the Soviets. The ship was named Murmansk while in Russian service.
On 20 April 1944 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Union to temporarily satisfy Soviet demands for a share of the Italian fleet. An Italian cruiser was delivered to the Soviets after the war, and Murmansk was returned by the Soviets on 16 March 1949. She was immediately stricken, and was sold for scrapping soon thereafter.
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Photo via Pavel Khozhainov
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 09 March 1949, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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NY285-2/25- PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND: The old 7,500-ton USS Milwaukee, for the past five years the Soviet cruiser Murmansk, arriving off the port here for refueling before being returned to the U.S. The ship was loaned to the Russians for service during the war, and is being returned by a Russian crew. (Acme Telephoto).
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NY379-2-2/25/49 - INP SOUNDPHOTO - Portsmouth, England. This 7,050-Ton Russian Cruiser the "Murmansk" formerly the U.S. Cruiser "Milwaukee", is shown berthed off Portsmouth, England, where she put in to refuel. The "Murmansk" is on her way back to the United States where she is to be repatriated under the terms of the Four Power Protocol. Full Service. Time 2358 EST (Acme Telephoto).
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3/89Lewes, Del. - Photo shows Gen. View of the Soviet ship Murmansk, formerly light cruiser, USS Milwaukee, loaned to the Russian Navy, in 44. The Cruiser is being returned to the US. (Acme Telephoto).
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Darryl Baker |
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Starboard quarter view of the Milwaukee (CL 5)
being returned to the US off Lewes, Delaware, on 16 March 1949.
The Milwaukee had served in the Soviet Navy as
the as Murmansk from April, 1944.
LIFE Magazine Archives - Yale Joel Photographer, shared by
Peter DeForest.
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Mike Green |
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Starboard bow view of Milwaukee (CL 5)
approaching Lewes, Delaware, on 16 March 1949. The Milwaukee
had served in the Soviet Navy as the as Murmansk
from April, 1944. Quickly decommissioned and stricken by the
U.S. Navy, the ship was scrapped, beginning in December.
LIFE Magazine Archives - Yale Joel Photographer, shared by
Peter DeForest.
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Mike Green |
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USS Milwaukee (CL 5) Off Lewes, Delaware, on 16 March
1949, just after she was returned to the U.S. Navy by the Soviet
Union. She had served as the Soviet Navy ship Murmansk since
April 1944. By the time this photograph was taken, Milwaukee
had been repainted to remove the Soviet-style white waterline
stripe.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 71458.
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The tug, USS
Achigan (YTB 218), at Lewes, Delaware, is taking
Soviet sailors from the USS Milwaukee (CL 5) on 17 March
1949. The crew is being transferred to the Russian freighter Molotov
for transport back to Russia.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection.
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Caption from photo:
S1131203-Watch your credit...International News Photos Slug
(Cruiser Milwaukee)
Cruiser returned by Russia-junked in Delaware-Philadelphia,
PA......The last gun is shown being removed from the light
cruiser USS Milwaukee (CL 5), first lend-lease ship to be returned by
Soviet Russia, in preparation to being scrapped at the American
Breakers, Inc. dock in Wilmington Delaware. Most of the vessel's
superstructure has already been removed.
D.12.30.49
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Ron Reeves |
