USS TOLEDO (CA 133)
Image courtesy of Al Grazevich
Flag Hoist/Radio
Call Sign: November - Hotel - Delta - Oscar
Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Golden Hawk
 Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski |
CLASS - BALTIMORE Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max) Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000. Operational and Building Data Keel laid on 13 SEP 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ Launched 06 MAY 1945 Commissioned 27 OCT 1946 Decommissioned 21 MAY 1960 Stricken 01 JAN 1974 Fate: Sold for scrap to National Metal & Scrap Corp. on 30 OCT 1974 |
 Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski |
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - China Service Medal - World War II Victory Medal - World War II Occupation Medal w/Asia Clasp
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korea Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation - United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
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758k | The Toledo (CA 133) was sponsored by the camera shy Mrs. Edward J. Moan, and was likely chosen because of her son, Floyd Edward Moan who received the Navy Cross for: "Extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Dive Bomber in Bombing Squadron FIVE (VB-5), attached to the U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5), in action against enemy Japanese forces at Tulagi Harbor on 4 May 1942, and in the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 and 8 May 1942. These attacks, vigorously and persistently pressed home in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, and on 8 May opposed also by enemy fighters, resulted in the sinking or damaging of at least eight enemy Japanese vessels at Tulagi and the sinking of one carrier and the sinking or severe damaging of another in the Coral Sea. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Moan's conscientious devotion to duty and gallant self-command against formidable odds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Purple Heart :After Action Report, May 8th 1942: "The Yorktown began recovering her attack group at 1231 and all the planes were aboard by 1300. During the landings a plane from Bombing Squadron TWO, piloted by Lt. (j.g.) Floyd E. Moan, made a crash landing, striking the island structure in full flight. His plane was badly shot up and his flaps would not operate. Although the SBD was a wreck and was pushed over the side, both Lieutenant Moan and his rear seat man, R. J. Hodgins, seaman second class, recovered." |
Text courtesy of tracesofwar.com Photo courtesy of findagrave.com | |
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83k | Toledo (CA 133) sliding down the ways, 6 May 1945. Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center |
Michael Mohl | |
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188k | Toledo (CA 133) sliding down the ways, 6 May 1945. | David Wright | |
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335k | Prospective USS Toledo (CA 133) is at fitting piers at New York Ship, December 1945-October 1946 with the partially built New Haven (CL 109) remaining on her ways. Fargo (CL 106), Huntington (CL 107), Newark (CL 108), are launched and gone, and Buffalo (CL 110) being broken up. From ISM AeroService 24645. Used for non-commercial and educational purpose. Photos are from ISM, Aero Service Collection 24645. Used for educational and non-commercial purposes. |
John Chiquoine | |
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2.48k | This 1949 photo taken from the endpapers of New York Shipbuilding's 50th anniversary book, shows Newton Creek at high tide. The view is to the southeast, toward Gloucester Heights. Yorkship Village (Fairview) is at the upper left, flanked by the North Branch and the wide tidal floodplain of the creek's main channel. A causeway bridge across the main channel links Yorkship Village's Collings Road with Gloucester at the upper right. A rail line (note the freight train) follows the west bank of the creek. Conspicuously missing from this image are the east end of the Walt Whitman Bridge, I-676, and the bridge interchange, all built in the late 1950s. Most of the tidal floodplain seen here was filled and the course of the North Branch was altered during construction. The mouth of Newton Creek is at the center right. A heavy cruiser or battleship is moored in the creek. Another capital ship occupies one of the open slipways. Portions of two light carriers can be seen in the wet slip at the lower left, adjacent to the covered slipways. The large vessel fitting out to the right of the carriers, afloat and under cover, appears to be an Alaska Class Large Cruiser. Hawaii (CB 3) was launched on 3 November 1945, and construction photos show the fitting out of the vessel under cover. This is the fitting piers, covered ways, and Newton Creek shipways at New York Ship between 1945 and October 1946. At the open ways,Newark (CL 108) has been cleared, and New Haven (CL 109), and Buffalo (CL 110) remain un-worked. Toledo (CA 133) is in Newton Creek. Saipan (CVL-48) and Wright (CVL-49) are fitting out at left. |
Bill Fessenden & John Chiquoine | |
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2.25k | At Long Beach ca. post 1945. | John Chiquoine | |
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758k | Port bow view while underway, date and location unknown. | David Buell | |
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10k | Port side view while at anchor in Yokosuka, Japan, 1947. | SK1 Bill Toohey | |
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365k | Ships menu for 28 September 1948 celebrating her crossing of the International Dateline while on her way home from a Western Pacific deployment. From the collection of Seaman 1c Richard B. Phillips. | Robert B. Phillips | |
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156k | Ships menu for 28 September 1948 celebrating her crossing of the International Dateline while on her way home from a Western Pacific deployment. From the collection of Seaman 1c Richard B. Phillips. | Robert B. Phillips | |
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593k | Photograph of E Division on the forecastle, taken in 1949. From the collection of Roy Thompson, Jr. | Branti Thompson | |
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USS Toledo (CA 133) and USS Juneau (CLAA 119) Moored at Naval Operating Base, Yokosuka, Japan, following Korean War operations. Photographed during July-October 1950, possibly in late October, just before Toledo departed Yokosuka to return to the U.S. for overhaul. Note the comparative sizes of these two cruisers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-424598. |
National Archives | |
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1.3m | USS Toledo (CA 133) -Crewmen bring eight-inch
powder charges aboard from a barge alongside, at Sasebo, Japan, circa
July-October 1950, while Toledo was engaged in Korean War combat
operations. This photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 October 1950. Note ship's after eight-inch triple gun turret trained on the starboard beam, and aircraft crane and hangar hatch cover at the stern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96903. |
USNHC | |
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171k | USS Toledo (CA 133) - Eight-inch shells and powder
charges on a barge alongside the starboard quarter, as Toledo
replenished her ammunition supply in Sasebo Harbor, Japan, after combat
operations off Korea, circa July-October 1950. Crewmen are carrying
the powder cans into position to be hoisted aboard the cruiser. This photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 October 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96905. |
USNHC | |
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112k | USS Toledo (CA 133) during her second tour in the Korean Theatre, possibly in support of UN troops on the Han River during the Communist Spring Offensive of 1951. | Tommy Trampp | |
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USS Toledo (CA 133) Off the east coast of Korea while operating with Task Force 77. Photographed from a USS Essex (CV 9) aircraft. Original photo is dated 6 September 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96901. |
USNHC | |
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USS Toledo (CA 133) Underway in Korean waters, with a battleship and a destroyer in the right distance. The original photo is dated 2 November 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96902. |
USNHC | |
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USS Toledo (CA 133) is seen unloading ammunition and Naval Ammunition Depot at Mare Island on 10 March 1954. U.S. Navy Photo #20420-3-54 |
Darryl Baker | |
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208k | An aerial view of Yokosuka sometime between 1954 and 1955. Ships pictured from front are: USS Princeton (CVS-37), USS Toledo (CA 133), USS Los Angeles (CA 135), USS Rochester (CA 124), and USS Helena (CA 75). This was about 1/4 of the active Cruisers for that period. | BMCS Richard Miller USN (Ret.) | |
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58k | Starboard bow view of USS Toledo at sea in 1955. Naval Record Club photo. | Richard Leonhardt | |
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59k | Starboard bow view of the USS Toledo (CA 133) circa 1955 firing a surface-to-surface Regulus missile. The ship was armed with three nuclear capable missiles, as were her three Baltimore class sisters. The Toledo's last missile patrol was in 1959, as the missile was being retired from service. Australian War Memorial, Photo #302760 |
Mike Green | |
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892k | USS Toledo (CA 133) at Vancouver, BC, Canada on 4 August 1956. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-8602, by Walter E. Frost. |
Mike Green | |
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2.3m | Highline transfer of two people from USS Columbus to USS Toledo. One could possibly be the Catholic priest for services on board Toledo. Photo taken from USS Columbus during her 1956 WESTPAC cruise. From the collection of Domenic S. Terranova, USS Columbus Fire Control Officer. | Domenic F. Terranova | |
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1.5m | USS Toledo turning away from USS Columbus after highline transfer. Photo taken from USS Columbus during her 1956 WESTPAC cruise. From the collection of Domenic S. Terranova, USS Columbus Fire Control Officer. | Domenic F. Terranova | |
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1.5m | USS Toledo after turning away from USS Columbus. Photo taken from USS Columbus during her 1956 WESTPAC cruise. From the collection of Domenic S. Terranova, USS Columbus Fire Control Officer. | Domenic F. Terranova | |
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Port bow view while underway in 1957. Official US Navy Photograph. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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55k | Port side view of USS Toledo (CA 133) taken April, 1959, Yokosuka, Japan. | Derick S. Hartshorn | |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
| Detzer Jr., August Jackson, CAPT | 1921-B | 10/27/1946 - 09/1947 | |
| Parker, Harold Earl, CAPT | 1922 | 09/1947 - | |
| Ammon, William B., CAPT | 1923 | RADM | ? - 10/20/1948 |
| Firth, Maxim William, CDR | 1931 | 10/20/1948 - | |
| Hunter, George Porter, CAPT | 1922 | RADM | 1948 - 1949 |
| Arison, Rae Emmett, CAPT | 1924 | ~1949 - 01/1950 | |
| Stout, Richard Farnum, CAPT | 1924 | VADM | 01/1950 - 01/1951 |
| Wood Jr., Hunter, CAPT | 1925 | RADM | 01/1951 - 12/1951 |
| Crissman, George Godfrey, CAPT | 1926 | 12/1951 - 12/1952 | |
| Martin, Farar Benjamin Conner, CAPT | 1927 | RADM | 12/1952 - 12/10/1953 |
| Cockell, William Arthur, CAPT | 1928 | RADM | 12/10/1953 - 05/06/1955 |
| Torgerson, Theodore Adolf, CAPT | 1931 | RADM | 05/06/1955 - |
| Wilson, George Rees, CAPT | 1932 | 1956 - 1957 | |
| Reiter Jr., Harry Lee, CAPT | 1932 | RADM | 09/1957 - 10/1958 |
| Loughlin, Charles Elliott, CAPT | 1933 | RADM | 10/1958 - 10/1959 |
| Williams Jr., Joseph Warford, CAPT | 1933 | RADM | 10/1959 - 02/1960 |
| Haffey Jr., John James, CAPT | 1942 | 02/1960 - 05/21/1960 | |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS TOLEDO (CA 133) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Paul A. Specht, Vice-President USS TOLEDO (CA-133) Association
Address: 1905 Whispering Trail, Midwest City, Oklahoma 73130
Phone: (405) 737-7404
E-mail: ichisansanokie@gmail.com
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.
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