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USS DETROIT (CL 8)


     

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Sierra - Papa

CLASS - OMAHA
Displacement 7,050 Tons, Dimensions, 555' 6" (oa) x 55' 4" x 20' (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/53, 2 x 3"/50AA, 10 x 21" tt.
Armor, 3" Belt, 1 1/2" Deck, 1 1/2 Conning Tower.
Machinery, 90,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 458.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 10 NOV 1920 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA
Launched on 29 JUN 1922
Commissioned 31 JUL 1923
Collision with USS Milwaukee (CL 5) 1 FEB 1926
Decommissioned 11 JAN 1946
Stricken 21 JAN 1946
Fate: Sold for scrap 27 FEB 1946 to Patapsco Scrap Co., Bethlehem, PA for the amount of $67,228.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal
Second Row - Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal - American Defense Service Medal w/FLEET Clasp - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy WWII Occupation Medal w/JAPAN Clasp


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Milwaukee
0400546
NR 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.
Detroit
0400803
NR Christens Cruiser
Madelaine Couzens, daughter of Detroit's millionaire mayor, chosen by the Detroit Chamber of Commerce to christen naval scout cruiser USS Detroit (CL 8) at Quincy, Mass.
Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 08 July 1922, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400800
NR FASTEST SCOUT CRUISER OF U. S. NAVY IS CHRISTENED AFTER MICHIGAN CITY
Miss Madeline Couzens, daughter of the mayor of Detroit, christened the navy's fasted scout cruiser, the Detroit (CL 8) with a bottle of mineral water. The christening took place at the Fore River shipyards in Massachusetts, where the ship was built.
Image and text provided by University of New Mexico.
Photo from Albuquerque Morning Journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, July 06, 1922, CITY EDITION, Image 10 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400818
NR

FAST CRUISER STUCK ON THE WAYS
Uncle Sam's latest and fastest cruiser, the USS Detroit (CL 8), was scheduled to be launched at 2:30 p. m. at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy. Mass. The bottle of wine was properly broken and the cruiser christened, but it stubbornly refused to leave the ways. Battering rams were “broken out" to force the ship into the water when it suddenly decided to move on and took its initial plunge without aid.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92817
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections
Photo from The Alaska Daily Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 18 July 1922, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Omaha class
0400802
1.30k USS Detroit (CL 8) ready for launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June 1922. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1981.
Photo NH-92816 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Omaha class
0400809
1.47k USS Detroit (CL 8) ready for launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June 1922. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1981.
Photo NH-92815 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Detroit
0400845

Detroit
0400845b

82k A press photo of Detroit on 28 March 1923 with the following caption:

"A NEW CRUISER FOR UNCLE SAM.

PHOTO SHOWS THE NEW U S CRUISER "DETROIT" OUT FOR A TRIAL SPIN AFTER LEAVING THE FORE RIVER YARD OF THE BETHLEHEM SHIP BUILDING CORPORATION. THIS CRUISER IS 552 FEET LONG, HAS 90,000 RATED HORSEPOWER, AND IS CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING 105,000. QUADRUPLE PROPELLERS, AND METAL RIGGING ENTIRELY INSULATED FROM THE DECK FOR THE FACILITATING OF RADIO COMMUNICATION. THE VESSEL WILL MAKE HER FINAL TRIAL TRIPS FOR THE GOVERNMENT EXPERTS ABOUT APRIL 15TH.
B-3-28-23"

International News Reel photo #200643

David Wright
Detroit
0400805
NR NEW SCOUT CRUISER MAKES DEBUT
In the teeth of a howling gale, the new scout cruiser Detroit (CL 8), which was just completed at the Fore River, Mass., shipyards, had a shakedown trial in Massachusetts Bay. In spite of a rough sea she went at a clip of 30 knots an hour. She was found to be perfect by the Naval trial board.
Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Photo from The Birmingham Age-Herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 16 April 1923, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit 53k

USS Detroit (CL 8) at Venice, Italy, 11 November 1923, dressed with flags in honor of King Victor Emanuel's birthday.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54508.

USNHC
Omaha class
0401327
786k 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
Omaha class
0401328
301k 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
Detroit
0400847
NR HALLIGAN IN LINE AS ENGINEER HEAD
Appointment as Chief of Navy Bureau, to Succeed Robison Expected.

Capt. John Halligan, at present commanding the light cruiser Detroit (CL 8), it was uderstood last night,will be named as the new chief of the bureau, about the appointment of which there has been considerable discussion since Admiral Robison applied for retirement before his term of duty ended.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 26 October 1925, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400846
NR BURRAGE HAS NEW SHIP
Vice-Admiral Guy H Burrage has in his new flagship, the light cruiser Detroit (CL 8), a sister to the Memphis (CL 13) which brought Col. Charles Lindbergh home. The Memphis, whose place she is taking as flagship of Vice Admiral Guy H. Burrage, commander-in-chief of the American naval squadron in European waters, the light cruiser Detroit is identified with an outstanding event in aeronautical history. The Memphis had one of the fastest trips ever made by a warship across the Atlantic, in bringing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh home. The Detroit acted as station ship for the ZR-3, now the dirigible Los Angeles, when she made her trans-Atlantic flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J. from a station in mid Atlantic. She kept the dirigible advised of weather conditions and enabled her crew to steer clear of the storms.
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 02 August 1927, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400841
114k Laid up in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard in 1928 Mike Green
Detroit
0400842
164k Laid up in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard in 1928. Note the work being done on the propeller. Mike Green
Detroit
0400848
NR The winner of the Queen of Spain’s Cup finishing the long race across the Atlantic. Paul Hammond's little yacht Nina is welcomed by the King and Queen of Spain aboard the launch and a plane from the Detroit (CL 8) as it enters the harbor of Santander, to win the royal trophy race for yachts of the smaller class. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 04 August 1928, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400838
119k

USS Detroit (CL 8) at Belfast, Northern Ireland on 25 September 1929.

Imperial War Museum Belfast Telegraph Collection, Photo #HU 111338. ?© IWM

Mike Green
Detroit
0400837
564k

Starboard quarter view of the USS Detroit (CL 8) anchored at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1930.

City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM640-S1-2-:CVA 260-281, by James Crookall.

Mike Green
Detroit
0400835
111k Off San Diego, CA, 26 September 1931. Ron Reeves
Detroit 82k Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone - aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left):
USS Elliot (DD 146);
USS Roper (DD 147);
USS Hale (DD 133);
USS Dorsey (DD 117);
USS Lea (DD 118);
USS Rathburne (DD 113);
USS Talbot (DD 114);
USS Waters (DD 115);
USS Dent (DD 116);
USS Aaron Ward (DD 132);
USS Buchanan (DD 131);
USS Crowninshield (DD 134);
USS Preble (DD 345); and
USS William B. Preston (DD 344).

(left to right in center):
USS Yarnall (DD 143);
USS Sands (DD 243);
USS Lawrence (DD 250);
(unidentified destroyer);
USS Detroit (CL 8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force;
USS Fox (DD 234);
USS Greer (DD 145);
USS Barney (DD 149);
USS Tarbell (DD 142); and

USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force.

(left to right across the top):
USS Southard (DD 207);
USS Chandler (DD 206);
USS Farenholt (DD 332);
USS Perry (DD 340);
USS Wasmuth (DD 338);
USS Trever (DD 339);
USS Melville (AD 2);
USS Truxtun (DD 229);
USS McCormick (DD 223);
USS MacLeish (DD 220);
USS Simpson (DD 221);
USS Hovey (DD 208);
USS Long (DD 209);
USS Litchfield (DD 336);

USS Tracy (DD 214);
USS Dahlgren (DD 187);
USS Medusa (AR 1);
USS Raleigh (CL 7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force;
USS Pruitt (DD 347); and
USS J. Fred Talbott (DD 156);
USS Dallas (DD 199);

(four unidentified destroyers);
and
USS Indianapolis (CA 35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
National Archives/Scott Dyben
Detroit
0400849
NR These U. S. Bluejackets Have a Right to Be Proud
A mighty proud bunch of bluejackets are those aboard the scout cruiser Detroit (CL 8), and equally proud is Capt. Nathan W. Post, their skipper. Their ship has just been awarded two of the highest trophies in the navy. One is the battle efficiency pennant, known to navy men as the mast ball. The other is the gunnery trophy for ships of her class. In addition to these two honors the Detroit also holds the anti-aircraft trophy presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Sauk Centre Herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 06 October 1932, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit 110k Starboard quarter view in transit through what appears to be the Gaillard Cut. From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans, LA. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier. Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier.
Detroit 81k

USS Detroit (CL 8) In the harbor at San Diego, California, 10 January 1935. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64610.

USNHC
Detroit
0400827
2.1m Front of the 1937 Christmas dinner menu. This item folds into a card. From the collection of Joseph Ozga. Fred Ozga
Detroit
0400850
NR JUNEAU, PICTURESQUE CAPITAL OF ALASKA, WELCOMES OFFICERS AND MEN OF US NAVY
REAR ADMIRAL HEADS NAVAL FORCES HERE.
C. H. Woodward Aboard Detroit (CL 8)
Flagship—Personnel of Staff Given
Rear Admiral C. H Woodward heads the naval forces here this week. He is aboard the Detroit.
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 19 July 1935, SECOND SECTION, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Detroit
0400826
2.4m Back of the 1937 Christmas dinner menu - Ships Roster. From the collection of Joseph Ozga. Fred Ozga
Detroit
0400843
1.6m Outstanding photo of the crew of the USS Detroit (CL 8), San Diego, CA, 1 October 1938 S. Honour
Detroit
0400829
1.2m Front of the 1938 Christmas dinner menu. This item folds into a card. From the collection of Joseph Ozga. Fred Ozga
Detroit
0400828
1.9m Back of the 1938 Christmas dinner menu - Ships Roster. From the collection of Joseph Ozga. Fred Ozga
Detroit
0400825
972k A freshly painted USS Detroit (CL 8) in Drydock, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, February 1939. From the collection of Joseph Ozga. Fred Ozga
Detroit
0400844
2.6m Cover from the contributor's father's "Log Album" from 1940 cruise. Ports listed are San Diego, Honolulu Territory of Hawaii (TH), Lahaina, TH, Christmas Island, Pearl Harbor, TH, Palmyra Island, San Francisco, CA, Maui, TH, Equator, Johnson Island. S. Honour
Detroit 1.03k

Pearl Harbor raid, 7 December 1941 - Photograph of the western side of Ford Island and ships in moorings offshore, taken from a Japanese Navy plane during the attack. Ships are (from left to right):

USS Detroit (CL 8); USS Raleigh (CL 7), listing to port after being hit by one torpedo; USS Utah (AG 16), capsized after being hit by two torpedoes; and USS Tangier (AV 8).

Japanese writing in the lower left states that the photograph's reproduction was authorized by the Navy Ministry.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50933.

USNHC
Detroit 94k

USS Detroit (CL 8) plan view of the ship's forward superstructure and bow area, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 18 February 1942. Note Detroit's tripod foremast, signal flag bins and 6"/53 guns in casemate mounts.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-28442.

National Archives
Detroit
0400839
228k

USS Detroit (CL 8) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 18 February 1942. Note the 3"/50 guns and searchlights aboard Detroit. The British cruiser HMS Orion (85) is in background.

U.S. National Archives, Photo #19-N-28441

Mike Green
Detroit 141k

USS Detroit (CL 8) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 15 August 1942. Note her anchor, anchor gear and 6"/53 guns. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. USS Preston (DD 379) is in the left background and YF-380 is in the far center distance.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-33052.

National Archives
Detroit 142k

USS Detroit (CL 8) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 August 1942. Note her after 6"/53 guns and men lounging on the fantail. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Destroyers in the background include USS Preston (DD 379), at right, and USS Conyngham (DD 371), at left. On the far side of the pier from them are USS Caldwell (DD 605), in the far center distance beyond Preston's bow, and USS Walke (DD 416), at left beyond Conyngham. YOS 1 is in the far right distance.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-33050.

National Archives
Detroit
0400821
223k

USS Detroit (CL 8) departing Mare Island on 16 August 1942. She was under going repairs at the yard from 4 July to 16 August 1942.

Navy Photo #4864-8-42

Darryl Baker
Detroit
0400824
942k

An OS2U-3 Kingfisher of Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS 1) is catapulted off the cruiser USS Detroit (CL 8) during operations in the Aleutians. The aircraft is flown by LT Steve Corneliussen with Petty Officer Paul Proffer in the rear seat. Note the vertical white identifier stripe on the tail of the aircraft.

Photo courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum

Bill Gonyo
Detroit
0400830
243k 1943 photo of the USS Raleigh (CL 7) astern of the USS Detroit (CL 8). The Detroit is catapulting one of her Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS1) OS2U-3 planes. The Raleigh has just launched a OS2U-1 scouting plane just prior to this photo and her port catapult is still extended in launch position.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo #1999.298.010

Mike Green
Detroit
0400832
186k The USS Detroit (CL 8), operating in the Aleutian Islands in 1943, is seen over the left wing of an OS2U-3 Kingfisher. The Kingfisher is part of Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS-1).

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1999.298.009

Mike Green
Detroit
0400834
156k An OS2U-3 Kingfisher piloted by LT Steve T. Corneliussen lands in the slick created by USS Detroit (CL 8) in 1943 during the Aleutian Island campaign. The aircraft was assigned to the ship as part of Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS-1).

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1999.298.006

Mike Green
Detroit
0400831
195k 1943 photo of the USS Detroit (CL 8) retrieving an aircraft of Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS1). The plane, piloted by Lt Steve Corneliussen, has been snagged by the sea sled and is in position to be hoisted back aboard the Detroit.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1999.298.008

Mike Green
Detroit
0400833
274k An OS2U-3, part of Cruiser Scouting Squadron One (VCS-1), alongside the USS Detroit (CL 8) in 1943 during the Aleutian Island operations in 1943.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1999.298.005

Mike Green
Detroit 96k

USS Detroit (CL 8) off Port Angeles, Washington, 22 March 1943.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-42678.

National Archives
Detroit
0400822
71k

Starboard quarter view, 1944, location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo

David Buell
Detroit 65k

USS Detroit (CL 8) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 11 April 1944. Her camouflage is Design 3d in the Measure 31-32-33 series.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-63759.

National Archives
Detroit 96k

USS Detroit (CL 8) off Port Angeles, Washington, 14 April 1944. Her camouflage is Design 3d in the Measure 31-32-33 series.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-63828.

National Archives
Detroit
0400840
214k

USS Detroit (CL 8) on 9 June 1944, in Massacre Bay, Attu, Alaska, wearing measure 33/3d camouflage.

United States National Archives, Photo #80-G-239365, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson, (usndazzle.com).

Mike Green
Detroit 64k

USS Detroit (CL 8) off San Francisco, California, following overhaul, 10 January 1945. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 45695.

USNHC
Detroit 116k Final refit photo of the Detroit at San Francisco Navy Yard on 10 January 1945. USN
Detroit
0400836
689k Starboard quarter view on 11 January 1945 with indications of alterations performed at San Francisco, CA. David Buell
Detroit
0400823
26k I was assigned to USS Detroit in January 1944 at Bremerton, WA and was aboard her till she was decommissioned in Philadelphia. After the surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945, we went to Pearl Harbor, via Midway, and spent Navy Day tied up there, We had about ten thousand visitors aboard that day, probably on account that the Detroit was a survivor of the attack on 7 December 1941. We left Pearl Harbor and headed for Philadelphia to be decommissioned. On the way, we stopped at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA to drop off passengers. Here is a picture that my brother-in-law took of the Detroit tied up at Terminal Island. No one but me and another sailor off the Detroit has seen this picture. Howie Johnson
Detroit
014393
102k Battleships in dry-dock; Tennessee (BB 43) & California (BB 44) taken between 8 May and 27 October 1946.
This photo comes from the U. S. Naval Institute and has an accompanying photocopy identifying all of the surrounding ships.
It does identify the two cruisers as Detroit (CL 8) (inboard) and Trenton (CL 11) (outboard). It also identifies two returned U.K. DEs: HMS Rupert (DE 96) outboard of Olympia (ex-C 6) (IX 40), and HMS Berry (DE 3) ahead of the cruisers, and visible in the California's photo (it's still wearing its British hull #--K312).
The Naval Institute photo was taken at a later date, as more of the "packaging" on the two battleships had been completed.
According to Tennessee's deck logs, she entered Drydock #5 with California on 8 May 1946.
South Dakota (BB 57) (mid-stern section visible at upper left of photo) subsequently entered Drydock #4--the 1946 "Navy Day" program from the shipyard indicates that this had taken place by 27th October of that year.

The four CLs that were scrapped in Drydock #4 at the Philadelphia NSY were: Omaha (CL 4), Cincinnati (CL 6), Raleigh (CL 7) and Marblehead (CL 12).
I have two documents from the 4th Naval District, and of course they give different completion dates for the scrapping of these ships. The first document (dated 1 Apr 46) indicates that scrapping was completed on 27 February of that year; the second document (also dated 1 April 46) gives the completion date as 10 March 1946.
(My notes also indicate that scrapping was completed at the yard on nine ex-destroyer types as of 29 March 46: Litchfield (DD 336), Pruitt (DD 347), Jouett (DD 396), Clark (DD 361), Balch (DD 363), Sampson(DD 394), Schley (DD 103), Stringham (DD 83) and Whipple (DD 217).

The remaining CLs; Detroit (CL 8), Trenton (CL 11), Richmond (CL 9), Concord (CL 10) and Memphis (CL 13) were all sold to the Patapsco Scrap Co. of Baltimore. The sales bid (B-76-47AV T) was opened on 6 Dec 1946; the five ships were sold for $336,140 (or $67,228 each), and custody of the ships was transferred to Patapsco between 27 December 46 and 21 January 47.
Note also that the attached photo distinctly shows that both cruisers have all four funnels--I think it's an optical illusion that either of these had had any of them removed.

The "light colored objects" in front of the two cruisers might "possibly" be barbettes from the Illinois (BB 65). According to drawings in the 1945 "Gun Mount and Turret Catalog", these two items appear to be about the same diameter as the barbettes for the two BBs' Tennessee & California; 14"/50 triple gun turrets; inside diameter 31 feet, from the same source -- outside diameter would have been about 33 feet. The Illinois barbettes would have an inside diameter about 37 1/4 feet, outside diameter rather over 39 feet.

USN photo submitted by Joe Lewis, courtesy of U. S. Naval Institute. Majority text by Joe Lewis. Chuck Haberlein contributed to the (BB-65) i.d. with text.
Detroit
0400805
NR $10,000 Ship Clock
Returning to Detroit $10,000 clock, the gift of the City of Detroil to the navy when the light cruiser Detroit (CL 8) was commissioned 22 years ago. is coming back to the City through the efforts of the Detroit Times.
Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library.
Photo from Detroit Evening Times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 20 January 1946, FINAL, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Halligan Jr., John, CAPT 1989 RADM 07/31/1923 - 12/11/1925
Hunt, Walter Merrill, CAPT 1899   12/11/1925 - 07/05/1926
Bryant, Samuel Woods, CAPT 1900 RADM 07/05/1926 - 03/10/1928
Laird, George Hayes, CDR 1907   03/10/1928 - 07/11/1928
Mallison, William Thomas, CDR 1907   07/11/1928 - 07/13/1928
White, Richard Drake, CAPT 1899   07/13/1928 - 06/15/1931
Post, Nathan Woodworth, CAPT 1904   06/15/1931 - 06/03/1933
Brainard, Roland Munroe, CAPT 1906 VADM 06/03/1933 - 12/19/1934
Ravenscroft, George Mastick, CAPT 1907   12/19/1934 - 06/08/1936
Clement, Samuel Averett, CAPT 1907   06/08/1936 - 07/01/1938
Hustvedt, Olaf Mandt, CAPT 1909 VADM

07/01/1938 - 05/31/1939

Weyler, George Lester, CAPT 1910   05/31/1939 - 07/15/1940
Pickhardt, Adolf von Scheven, CAPT 1913 COMO 07/15/1940 - 12/25/1940
Wiltsie, Lloyd Jerome, CAPT 1914 RADM 12/25/1940 - 04/05/1942
Geiselman, Ellis Hugh, CAPT 1918   04/05/1942 - 10/19/1943
Sickel IV, Horatio Gates, CAPT 1920   10/19/1943 - 07/22/1944
Curry Jr., Duncan, CAPT 1921   07/22/1944 - 07/20/1945
Graves Jr., Edwin Darius, CAPT 1921A   07/20/1945 - 06/11/1946

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS DETROIT (CL 8) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Sam Fryefield
Address:
Phone: 541-683-1097
E-mail: samfrye@comcast.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Pearl Harbor Attack - USS Detroit Action Report from the Naval History and Heritage Command

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