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Will Name Cruiser
Mrs. Josephine L. Seligman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Knowles, of Pensacola, Fla., will christen the
new U. S. cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York soon.
| Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire.[volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 06 April 1929, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Overhead view of the heavy cruiser Pensacola (CL 24)
on the occasion of her launching on 25 April 1929, at the New
York Navy Yard. Note the signal flags flying for the occasion
and the crowd gathered along the sides of the ship. Pensacola
was designated a heavy cruiser (CA 24) shortly
after her commissioning. USS Pensacola Collection
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Photo #1986.053.001.002
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Mike Green |
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Christening of the Pensacola (CL 24) by Mrs.
Josephine K. Seligman. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Members of the crowd, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, watch as the
Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways on 25 April 1929.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
No. 1986.049.002.
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Mike Green |
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Water view as the Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways
and enters the water for the first time on 25 April 1929.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
No. 1986.049.003
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Mike Green |
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Water view as the Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways
and enters the water for the first time on 25 April 1929.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
No. 1986.049.004
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Mike Green |
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Tugs catch and tow the flag dressed Pensacola (CL 24)
after her 25 April 1929 launching. A prize was awarded to the
first tug that caught the ship after launching.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
No. 1986.049.005
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Mike Green |
0402470 |
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Jingoists, Labor Misleaders, Hand In Hand at Warship Launching
Photo shows some of the fellow-Wall Street servants of William Green, president of the A. F. of L., at launching of new 10,000-ton war cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Among them are Mrs. J. K. Seligman, who “christened” the war cruiser and who gained her wealth in the exploitation of thousands of Southern workers; Secretary of the Navy Adams, a Massachusetts mill owner and bitter foe of the workers, and Admiral De Steiguer, commandant of Brooklyn Navy Yard, who supervises the exploitation of Navy Yard workers. All these were hailed as friends by William Green. | Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Daily Worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 26 April 1929, Final City Edition, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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GREEN AIDS CRUISER LAUNCHING, SHOUTS FOR BIG NAVY
Green Blesses New Wall Street Cruiser
William Green, labor faker, president of the A. F. of L., was one of the Wall Street lackeys who blessed the launching of the new 10,000 ton cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) at Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday. While Green was showing his faithfulness to the bosses, workers of the Navy Yard eagerly accepted copies of the The Daily Worker, over 1000 of which were distributed. | Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Daily Worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 27 April 1929, Final City Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Launching ceremonies are complete for the Pensacola (CL 24)
and the flag dressed ship is moored waiting for fitting out to
begin.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
No. 1986.049.001
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Mike Green |
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Undated, Underway showing modifications, including search radar. |
USN |
0402436 |
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Undated pre-war view. |
Robert M. Cieri |
0402437 |
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Undated port side photo while at anchor. Note the two cruisers
behind her.
Photo by George Winstead.
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Robert M. Cieri |
0402472 |
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OFF FOR TESTS
The Pensacola (CL 24), newest 10,000 ton cruiser, passes under Brooklyn Bridge New York, en route to sea for tests.
| Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 11 March 1930, Second Section, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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New U.S. Cruiser Commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard
This new 10,000 ton cruiser, USS Pensacola (CL 24), the most recent addition to Uncle Sam’s fighting slups. was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with appropriate ceremonies. The Pensacola was built under the 5-5-3 naval pact, and carries ten eight-inch guns. Inset shows, left, Captain A G. Howe, commander of tho new vessel and, right, Ke, a- Admiral L. R. de Steiguer, Commandant of the Navy Yard. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 22 March 1930, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Looking up and aft between the 2 barrels of the forward 8"/55
turret. Note that the barrels of the 8"/55 guns are polished
metal, not painted and the Range Clock on the tripod mast.
From the May 1953 volume of Popular Mechanics.
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David Upton |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Photographed at anchor, during the
1930s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 662.
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USNHC |
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US Navy Recruiting photo of Pensacola in Gaillard Cut
circa 1931. |
Darryl Baker |
0402567 |
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View taken from the deck atop the aircraft hangar of USS
Chicago (CA 29, circa 1932, and shows in line
astern formation: USS
Salt Lake City (CA 25), USS
Louisville (CA 28), USS
Northampton (CA 26), USS Pensacola (CA
24), USS
Chester (CA 27), and USS
Augusta (CA 31).
Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No. NH 51838
|
Mike Green |
0402411 |
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A naval ceremony with a fitting background. The scene is from aboard the 10,000-ton cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) as Capt. David Worth Bagley took command of the ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with other warships berthed beyond.
| Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 10 January 1932, Image 92, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Pensacola (CL 24) during maneuvers at sea, Southern California, 1935-1939. Another ship can be seen at the edge of the frame.
Likely related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Kept in Readiness to Meet Any Emergency,” 27 March 1932.
Photo courtesy of digital.library.ucla.edu
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digital.library.ucla.edu |
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Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Oahu, Hawaii - Scouting Force ships at,
and off, the yard, 2 February 1933. Cruisers tied up at 1010
Dock are (from left to left center) Augusta
(CA 31), Chicago
(CA 29) and Chester
(CA 27). USS
Northampton (CA 26) is alongside the dock in
the center, with USS
Kane (DD 235) in the adjacent Marine Railway
and USS
Fox (DD 234) tied up nearby. USS
Louisville (CA 28) is in the center distance.
Moored off her bow and at the extreme right are USS
Salt Lake City (CA 25) and USS
Pensacola (CA 24).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph #80-G-451164, now in the
collections of the National Archives.
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NHHC |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Officers, Sailors and Marines in
the ship's midships well deck, 1933. Note details of catapults,
and the four Vought O2U-4 floatplanes. The plane at far right is
Bureau # 8334.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 51885.
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USNHC |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Underway at sea, September 1935.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
U.S. Naval Historical Center #NH 97838.
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USNHC |
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Photo taken at Pearl Harbor in May, 1942 before any
modifications/refits. Clearly shown are old style radar on
foremast and small tripod mainmast. Tripod mainmast was eventually
replaced with a small tower superstructure between searchlight
platform and #3 turret. |
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Battle of Midway, June 1942 - View looking astern on USS
Pensacola (CA 24) as she steams to the aid of USS
Yorktown (CV 5) during the early afternoon of 4 June
1942. Ships following are probably USS
Benham (DD 397), at left, and USS
Vincennes (CA 44). Wake at far right is probably
that of USS
Balch (DD 363). These four ships were detached from
Task Force 16 to augment the screen of the nearby Task Force 17
after Yorktown was hit and temporarily stopped by
Japanese dive bombers.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
U.S. National Archives.
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Scott Dyben |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) bringing in U.S.
Marine Corps reinforcements to Midway on 24 June 1942. USS
Ballard (AVD 10) is visible in the background. In
the foreground is the tail of Ens. Bert Ernest's Grumman TBF-1
Avenger (BuNo 00380).
Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #
80-G-12147
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Mike Green / Robert Hurst |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) At anchor in a south Pacific
port, 28 September 1942. An oiler (AO) is in the left distance.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives.
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National Archives |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
5765-5: 1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
5765-10: 1 December 1942
USS Vestal repair men cutting away wreckage. Man with
hose is immediately over after engine room.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
5765-11: 1 December 1942
Hole made by torpedo after wreckage had been cleared away.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of
Tassafaronga
5765-21: 1 December 1942
Outer bulkhead of number three turret's barbette.
NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files
1941-45
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Tracy White |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) alongside USS
Vestal (AR 4), undergoing repair of torpedo damage
received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on
30 November 1942. Note the hole in her side below the mainmast,
and the extensive fire damage in the area of that mast and the
number three eight-inch gun turret. Photographed at Espirito
Santo, New Hebrides, on 17 December 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-33862.
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Scott Dyben |
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Torpedo damage diagram of USS
Pensacola (CA 24) from hit off Lunga Point on 30
November, 1942.
Navy Department Library, War Damage
Report No. 35; USS Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received
during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30
November 1942
|
Mike Green |
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Section damage diagram of USS Pensacola (CA 24)
from torpedo hit off Lunga Point on 30 November, 1942.
Navy Department Library, War Damage Report No. 35; USS
Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received during the Battle of
Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942
|
Mike Green |
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Flooding diagram of USS Pensacola (CA
24) after torpedo hit off Lunga Point on 30
November-1 December 1942.
Navy Department Library, War Damage Report No. 35; USS
Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received during the Battle of
Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942
|
Mike Green |
0402451 |
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Preparing for the removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard on 29 January 1943. The turret was damaged during the
Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
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Tracy White |
0402452 |
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Removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 29
January 1943. The turret was damaged during the Battle of
Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
|
Tracy White |
0402453 |
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Removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 29
January 1943. The turret was damaged during the Battle of
Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Righting
operations for the overturned
USS Oklahoma (BB 37) can be seen in the distance.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
|
Tracy White |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Photographed on 14 October 1943.
She is accompanied by two tugs, one small harbor type and the
other (at right) an old Navy fleet tug.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-67932.
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National Archives / Edward H. Cleary |
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USS Salt Lake City (CA 25),
USS Pensacola (CA 24) and USS
New Orleans (CA 32) (listed from left to right)
Nested together at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943. Ford Island is
at the left, with USS
Oklahoma (BB 37) under salvage at the extreme left,
just beyond Salt Lake City's forward superstructure.
Note the radar antennas, gun directors and eight-inch guns on
these three heavy cruisers.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-264236.
|
Scott Dyben |
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Shown at Mare Island on May 20, 1944 after being refitted. The
tall foremast has a year to remain and this was a hallmark of the
class from their completion. The original tripod mainmast is
replaced with a short tower and 40mm A.A. guns are mounted at the
open bridge level. |
USN |
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Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Pensacola (CA 24)
at Mare Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for
repairs from 6 May to 20 May 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #3024-44
|
Darryl Baker |
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Stern view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) departing Mare
Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from
6 May to 20 May 1944. Note the LCT's to the left. Identifiable
among the craft are 1071,
1074,
and 1292.
Contributor Tom Rickels' father, Ens. Gerald H. Rickels, was
assigned to LCT (6) 1071, where he was the XO
and later OinC.
U.S. Navy Photo #3031-44
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Darryl Baker/Thomas Rickels |
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Bow on view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) departing Mare
Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from
6 May to 20 May 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #3036-44
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Darryl Baker |
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Port side view of Pensacola in camouflage Measure 32,
Design 14d. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Taken 20 May 1944, after modifications, showing tripod mainmast
replaced by small tower, location unknown (Caption updated by Bob
Hirst). |
USN |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) In Massacre Bay, Attu Island,
Alaska, 9 June 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32,
Design 14d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
U.S. Naval Historical Center #NH 97839.
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USNHC / Edward H. Cleary |
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Broadside view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare Island
upon her arrival for overhaul on 7 May 1945. The photos show
locations of projectile hits received off Iwo Jima.
U.S. Navy Photo 3382-45.
|
Darryl Baker |
0402448 |
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Starboard broadside view indicating the location of projectile
hits sustained while operating off of Iwo Jima on 17 February
1945. Photo was taken on 7 May 1945 while off Mare Island, CA.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
|
Tracy White |
0402449 |
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View of projectile damage. Photo was taken on 25 May 1945 while
drydocked at Mare Island, CA.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
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Tracy White |
0402463 |
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Port broadside view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare
Island Navy Yard on 29 June 1945. The ship has just completed
her final refit. During this refit the tall tripod foremast was
cut down, the tripod mainmast was replaced by a short tower,
40mm A.A. guns have been added at the bow, #1 and #4 turret
range finders were removed and the starboard catapult was
removed due to weight and stability problems. This was the final
cruiser refit of WW2. The Pensacola is painted in MS21
camouflage scheme.
Photo Source: Mare Island Navy Yard, Photo No. 4940-45
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Mike Green |
0402465 |
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Bow view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off the Mare Island
Navy Yard, 29 June 1945.
United States National Archives, Photo #19-N-87790
|
Mike Green |
0402466 |
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Port quarter view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off the Mare
Island Navy Yard, 29 June 1945.
United States National Archives, Photo #19-N-87789
|
Mike Green |
0402450 |
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Starboard side view while off Mare Island after completion of
repairs. Photo taken on 11 July 1945.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval
Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47
|
Tracy White |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 29 June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-87787
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National Archives |
0502434 |
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Stern view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare Island on
29 June 1945.
U.S. Navy Photo #4937-45
|
Darryl Baker |
0402435 |
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Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Pensacola (CA 24)
at Mare Island on 3 July 1945. She was in overhaul at the
shipyard from 7 May to 11 July 1945.
U.S. Navy photo #5048-45
|
Darryl Baker |
04035104 |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) At the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 3 July 1945, at the end of her final overhaul.
Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Note her main
battery of twin and triple eight-inch gun turrets. USS
Indianapolis (CA 35) and the lighter YF-390
are at left. (Tall tripod foremast is cut down, tripod
mainmast is replaced by a short tower, 40mm A.A. guns have been
added at the bow, #1 and #4 turret range finders are removed and
the starboard catapult is removed due to weight problems. The
Pensacola was the last cruiser refit during WW2)
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives #19-N-87792
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National Archives |
0402407 |
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ATOM BOMB MAY DO WHAT JAP NAVY COULDN’T | Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from Nogales International. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 28 June 1946, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
0402475 |
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Scrubbing Away Atom Bomb’s Effects | Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 08 July 1946, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Pensacola (CA-24) View on the ship's afterdeck,
looking forward, showing damage inflicted during the Operation
"Crossroads" atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in July 1946. Men in
the foreground are examining the remains of equipment placed on
her deck to test the effects of the bomb explosion. Note the
caution signs painted on her after eight-inch gun turret,
presumably to reduce fire risks and prevent the taking of
radioactive items as souvenirs.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S.
Naval Historical Center #NH 97840.
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USNHC |
0402468 |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) on 4 July 1946. Photo
shows damage to stack and foremast, received during the "Able"
blast of the Bikini atom bomb tests.
United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-627555
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Mike Green |
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USS Pensacola (CA 24) Is towed out of Puget Sound,
Washington, en route to sea for disposal as a target in First
Task Fleet exercises, 9 November 1948.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 86700.
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USNHC |
0402474 |
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Cruiser Pensacola (CA 24) is bombarded by shells from the guns of the first task fleet, on 10 November 1948. She sank some six hours later. | Photo NH-79049 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
0402473 |
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Cruiser Pensacola (CA 24) is near missed by two AD "Sky-raider" attack planes while being expended as a target for the First Task Fleet, on 10 November 1948. | Photo NH-79050 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
0402406 |
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CRUISER PENSACOLA (CA 24) NEARS END
Water swirls around the No. 1 gun turret of the much bombed Pensacola after a torpedo blew off the bow in exercises by the 1st Task Fleet off the Washington coast yesterday. The ship sank later. Noticeable is damage to the foremast and stack area. This happened during the nuclear tests, leaving the amidships area badly damaged. | Photo NH-79048 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
0402439 |
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The ship's bell from USS Pensacola. This image was taken
on Friday, 13 June 2008 at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola,
where the bell is now housed. |
Judson Phillips |
