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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), Detriot (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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Undated, pre-war image, at speed showing general
details of this class. |
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Undated, Slightly blurred image. |
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Port Bow view. From the collection of Gerald M.
Charpentier of New Orleans, LA. Donated by his niece, Elaine C.
Witty-Charpentier. |
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Steaming at high speed during her
builders' trials, 1923.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63573.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) running at 32 1/2 knots
during trial run No. 23 on 11 May 11 1923 off Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Library of Congress, Photo #LC-B2- 6136-13
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USS Richmond (CL 9) underway running trials
on 11 May 1923, seven weeks before being commissioned.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #NH 108340
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USS Richmond (CL 9) underway on 15 March 1927.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #NH 2791
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Vought O2U "Corsair" Floatplane, of Scouting Squadron Six Is
catapulted from USS Richmond (CL 9), circa the later
1920s. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100457.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) At anchor in a harbor, probably
circa the later 1920s. Note that the ship still carries twelve
six-inch guns. The after lower casemate guns were removed
sometime between 1929 and 1931. Donation of Franklin Moran,
1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64631.
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USS Richmond in Drydock at Boston Navy Yard, 21 April
1931. In this photo, note how far the screws protrude due to the
shape of the stern.
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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USS Richmond in Drydock at Boston Navy Yard, 21 April
1931.
From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.
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Port quarter view of USS Richmond (CL 9) in dry dock at
Boston Navy Yard on 21 April 1931. Note that the after lower
casemate guns have been removed .
Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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Close up port quarter view of USS Richmond (CL 9) in
dry dock at Boston Navy Yard on 21 April 1931. Note that the
after lower casemate guns have been removed .
Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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Port quarter view while at anchor, location unknown,
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USS Richmond (CL 9) underway, during the later 1930s.
Note that she is carrying SOC floatplanes.
United States National Archives, Photo #80-G-1023013
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Some of USS Macon (ZRS 5) officers aboard USS
Richmond (CL 9) on the morning after her crash. Macon
went down during the night on 12 February 1935. Present are
(left to right): Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George W. Campbell;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gerald L. Huff; Lieutenant Anthony L.
Danis; Lieutenant Harold B. Miller; Lieutenant Commander George
H. Mills; Lieutenant Commander Calvin M. Bolster, Construction
Corps; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Earl K. Van Swearingen;
Lieutenant Howard N. Coulter; Chief Boatswain William A.
Buckley; and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leroy C. Simpler.
Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo (# NH 77423).
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Underway, during the later 1930s.
Note that she is carrying SOC floatplanes.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-1023013.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Plan view, forward, taken at the
Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 September 1943. Note:
crewmen in formation beside the forward 6"/53 gun turret;
paravane on deck; life rafts; rangefinder; tripod foremast; FD
and SG radar antennas at the masthead; and boat boom. USS
Honolulu (CL 48) is in the background.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-52426.
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Amidships plan view looking forward of the USS Richmond (CL
9) at Mare Island on 15 September 1943.
U.S. Navy Photo #6485-43.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Plan view, aft, taken at the Mare
Island Navy Yard, California, 15 September 1943. Note: triple
torpedo tubes, with a loading practice machine for 6"/53 guns on
deck between them; 40mm twin gun mounts on the centerline of the
after superstructure; and life rafts. Among the barges in the
distance are YOS 1; YF 390 and YF 466.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-52427.
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Port bow view while underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 15
September 1943.
NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ship Files
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Stern view of the USS Richmond (CL 9) departing Mare
Island on 15 September 1943.
U.S. Navy Photo #6475-43.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 15 September 1943.
U.S. Navy Photo #6477-43.
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Bow on view of the USS Richmond (CL 9) off Mare Island
on 15 September 1943.
U.S. Navy Photo #6479-43.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard,
Bremerton, Washington, 24 June 1944. Her camouflage is Measure
32, Design 3d.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-67552.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard,
Bremerton, Washington, 24 June 1944. Her camouflage is Measure
32, Design 3d.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-67553.
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USS Richmond (CL 9) In Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, on 11
October 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 50203.
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