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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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USS Marblehead (CL 12) Being prepared for launching at
the William Cramp & Son shipyard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 9 October 1923. Courtesy of the San Francisco
Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 69021.
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Scout Cruiser Marblehead Is Launched
Here, sliding down the ways at the Cramp shipyard,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the newest addition to the U. S. navy, just after she had been christened USS Marblehead (CL 12) by Mrs. Hannah Martin Evans, mother of the first man, Lieut Charles Herbert Evans, from Marblehead, Mass., to meet death in the World war. The new vessel is 555 feet long beam at waterline, and is a combined scout cruiser, flotilla leader, mine layer and airplane carrier. The illustration also shows Mrs. Evans. | Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT.
Photo from The Kevin Review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 01 November 1923, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) about to leave the ways.
Text & Photograph from Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors, pg. 122
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Undated starboard side view. |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) steaming at top speed during
trials, 15 August 1924.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46638.
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Before its formal induction into Uncle Sam’s Naval array, the USS Marblehead (CL 12), a new cruiser, broke the worlds speed record for cruisers by making thirty-five knots an hour. | Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries.
Photo from Beverly Banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 05 December 1924, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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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 Marblehead (CL 12), on 9 September 1924, at Pier 5
of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Commissioned one day earlier, the
ship is preparing to leave on a cruise that will take her to
English, French, Mediterranean and African ports of call.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection.
No. P561001B.
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ALL SHINED UP AND READY FOR LONG LINE OF NAVY DAY VISITORS
WASHINGTON and the nation today aided by the Navy is observing the 154th anniversary of Navy Day. Hundreds of Washingtonians visited the Navy Yard during the day, inspecting ships, shops and buildings which were thrown open to the public. The cruiser USS Marblehead (CL 12), which arrived here yesterday, was the chief object of the visitors. Tiny youngsters swarmed over the ship being shown around by members of the crew. The picture at the left shows Captain Harry K. Cage, commander of the cruiser. The center picture shows the galley force on the while the picture at the right shows the Marblehead just after it docked at the Navy Yard. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 27 October 1928, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Marblehead in an unknown Navy Yard, November 1929.
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) in harbor, circa the early 1930s.
The location may be San Diego, California. Donation of Franklin
Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64633.
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USS Marblehead in dry dock #2, Boston Navy Yard, June
1932. The carpenter shop is visible to the left and the Bunker
Hill Monument (obelisk) is above the gun turret. (Caption
updated by Curtis Tammany)
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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USS Marblehead in dry dock #2, Boston Navy Yard, June
1932. (Caption updated by Curtis Tammany)
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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USS Marblehead in dry dock #2, Boston Navy Yard, June
1932. (Caption updated by Curtis Tammany)
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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Overhead, Starboard side underway, 10 January 1933.
Excellent image showing details of this class. |
Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the NavySeries: General Photographic Files
USS Marblehead (CL 12) Aerial, starboard side, underway.
Local ID: 80-G-466558
National Archives Identifier:520828
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) Underway in San Diego harbor,
California, 10 January 1935. Photographed from USS
Dobbin (AD 3). Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.
Text & Photograph from history.navy.mil
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U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64611. |
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KILLED ON ACCIDENT ON NAVY VESSEL
EXPLOSION ON CRUISER; TWO SAILORS DEAD
Others Are Injured, Two Seriously, Aboard USS Marblehead (CL 12)
BREECH BLOCK OF GUN IS SHATTERED
Housing Turned Into Blazing Crypt—Injured Man
Asks for Cigarette. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 29 July 1936, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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OFF FOR THE SHANGHAI FRONT.
Sixth Regiment Marines embarking on the cruiser Marblehead (CL 12) at San Diego to have a look
at the Sino-Japanese brawl and protect American interests in the Shanghai district | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 05 September 1937, Image 67, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Marblehead (CL 12) departing Shanghai for Tsingtao, on 19 December 1937. Taken from USS Augusta (CA-31). Note Japanese armored cruiser Idzumo in background (beyond Marblehead) and U.S. flag painted across Augusta's forward turret. | Photo NH-78022 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) at Manila Bay in 1939, taken from
one of the Asiatic fleet 4-pipers (either USS
Pope (DD 225) or USS
Edsall (DD 219)).
Navy Memorial via Don Kehn, Jr. & Richard Lillie
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) at Tjilatjap, Java, after she had
been damaged by Japanese high-level bombing attack in the Java
Sea on 4 February 1942. This view shows the effect of an enemy
bomb which struck her stern. Her after 6"/53 gun turret is at
left. Note the blanked off portholes on her hull side.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-237439.
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Marblehead (CL 12) view taken aboard ship in February 1942. Showing makeshift barbershop rigged up under an awning amidships. Shop belowdecks had been damaged during the air attack which heavily damaged the ship on 4 February 1942 in the Flores. | Photo 80-G-237443 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) showing bow-on view, at New York
Navy Yard, N.Y., May 1942 while there for repairs and refit
after returning from the southwest Pacific theater. Her bow was
slightly bent (8" to starboard) in a collision with the Dutch
harbor tug Kraus at Tjilatjap, Java, on 13 February 1942. Note
crew painting ship (top); also anchors.
United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-13822 |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) under repair at the New York Navy
Yard, circa June 1942, after she had been damaged by Japanese
high-level bombing attack in the Java sea on 4 February 1942.
This view shows new deck plating on the cruiser's stern. Her
after 6"/53 gun turret is in the center.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-254938.
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Port quarter view after completion of repairs.
October 1942. |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) off New York City, 14 October
1942. Note the Starboard catapult which is being prepared for
launch.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-34914.
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Marblehead (CL 12) off New York City, 11 October 1942. Statue of Liberty in background. | Photo 80-G-237443 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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HE HELPED BRING THE MARBLEHEAD (CL 12) HOME
| Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library.
Photo from Detroit Evening Times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 13 May 1942, NIGHT EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Heroes of the Washington Area
REAR ADMIRAL ARTHUR G. ROBINSON | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 12 December 1943, Image 93, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) off New York City, 6 May 1944.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-69394.
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USS Marblehead (CL 12) underway at sea, 10 May 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98035.
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THE USS MARBLEHEAD (CL 12) COMES HOME! | Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
National Archives Identifier: 513505
Local Identifier: 44-PA-9 |
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USS
Franklin (CV 13) (at left) Steams past USS
Marblehead (CL 12), in New York Harbor, circa 28 April
1945, after her arrival from the Pacific for battle damage
repairs.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-K-4777.
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Ex-Marblehead (CL 12) being scrapped in Dry
Dock No. 4 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on January 10, 1946. To
the left is ex-Cincinnati
(CL 6), behind left is ex-Raleigh
(CL 7) and behind right is ex-Omaha
(CL 4).
Library of Congress, HAER PA,51-PHILA,709D—20
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Scrapping of ex-Marblehead (CL 12), ex-Cincinnati
(CL 6), ex-Omaha
(CL 4), and ex-Raleigh
(CL 7). Naval Shipyard Philadelphia. February 18,
1946. |
Mike Green |
