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M'CARL WILL PROBE CRUISER CONTRACT
Will Find if Law Was Violated in Award to Bethlehem Company.
Controller General J. R. McCarl will investigate the Navy Department's award of the building of the heavy cruiser U. S. S. Vincennes, to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., it was learned today, to determine if the law has been violated, as charged by N. P. Alifas, president of District No. 44. International Association of Machinists, which
embraces those employed in Government yards. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 14 September 1933, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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HONOR FOR VINCENNES
Vincennes, Ind., and the daughter of its Mayor, Joseph W. Kimmell, will share honors when, on a date tentatively set for April 22, Virginia Kimmell (above), will launch the new 10,000-ton scout cruiser Vincennes, at Quincy, Mass. Once before the Indiana
city received a similar distinction; the first Vincennes, a speedy war sloop launched in 1826, later took part in the Antarctic expedition of 1838-42, and in the Civil War. |
Image and text provided by Indiana State Library.
Photo from The Indianapolis Times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 05 March 1936, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Christening Champagne Safe; Some Stays Here
Mayor Joseph W. Kimmel of Vincennes repays Will H. Smith, internal revenue collector, for his care of the case of champagne sent Mr. Kimmel by the Mayor of Vincennes, France, by presenting him with a bottle. Part of the champagne is to be used to christen the new cruiser USS Vincennes (CA 44) at Mass., 21 May. |
Image and text provided by Indiana State Library.
Photo from The Indianapolis Times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 24 April 1936, Final Home Edition, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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21 May 1936, was a landmark date in Vincennes history.
On that spring day, a delegation from the city was in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation to witness the christening of the USS Vincennes (CA 44) the second ship to carry the city’s name. Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, daughter of Mayor Joseph Kimmell, had the honor of breaking a bottle of champagne from Vincennes, France, over the ship’s bow, sending it down the way. |
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At U. S. S. Vincennes Launching
A magnum of champagne from Vincennes France, dashed against the bow of the sleek ship on the ways at Quincy, Mass., signalized launching of the new 10,000-ton cruiser named for Vincennes, Ind. Harriet Virginia Kimmel, daughter of Vincennes’ mayor, is
pictured in inset about to christen the warship.
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Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. [volume] (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 03 June 1936, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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New Cruiser USS Vincennes (CA 44) Is Launched
The actual launching of the new United States cruiser Vincennes, at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation in Quincy, Mass., is pictured above. The 10,000-ton vessel was christened by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, daughter of the mayor of Vincennes, Ind. |
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from White Bluffs Spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 18 June 1936, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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ATTEMPT MADE TO DESTROY U. S. WARSHIP
Nails driven into an electric cable by saboteurs caused one fire on the U. S. cruiser Indianapolis (CA 35), Capt. Charles A. Dunn of the Brooklyn navy yard said today, and other nails were discovered before further fires broke out on the warship while it was being overhauled here.
Capt. Dunn, industrial manager of the navy yard, revealed the fire caused by the sabotage broke out on Aug. 25 in an auxiliary cable. The fire was confined to
the cable and there was no damage to the ship itself, he said.
An inspection ordered by the navy yard brought the discovery of two more nails driven into the same cable where it entered a boiler room. Another nail had been driven into an obsolete cable "that under no conditions was to be used."
Officials here were intensely interested in the report from the Indianapolis because of repeated rumors and reports of attempted sabotage aboard the heavy cruiser Quincy (CA 39) during its construction and subsequent reports that attempts had been made to sabotage the Quincy's sistership, Vincennes
(CA 44) now under construction there.
| Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. [volume] (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 11 September 1936, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Making 10.74 knots during trials off Rockland,
Maine, 12 January 1937. Photographed while the ship was running south,
at 12:58 PM.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives - 19-N-17183
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Underway at 22.03 knots while on trials
off Rockland, Maine, 12 January 1937. The photograph was taken while
the ship was running south at 3:47 PM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50844
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Steaming at high speed, circa February
1937. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1984.
Photo NH 95303 courtesy of history.navy.mil
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Navy Takes Over The New Cruiser USS Vincennes (CA 44)
In impresive ceremonies at Charlestown nary yard, Boston, where it
newest cruiser, the Vincennes, named for Indiana's important city, was officially accepted as one of the nation's defender's....
Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardl (left) congratulated Captain Burton H. Green on becoming commander of the Vincennes at commissioning ceremonies in Boston. |
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 27 February 1937, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) at Portsmouth, England, in June 1937. The
ship in the left distance is the catapult trial's ship HMS Pegasus
(ex-HMS Ark Royal). |
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Sabotage Reported on U. S. Cruiser Vincennes
BOARD TELLS OF DAMAGE TO SHIP AT DOCK
Other Serious Cases Are Recalled |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 13 October 1937, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Passing through the Panama Canal on 6
January 1938, while en route to join the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific.
Note crewmen on her deck, watching the airplane from which the photograph
was taken.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50845
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Newest Cruiser Joins US Fleet in Maneuvers
This new 10,000 cruiser, USS Vincennes, is shown in Los Angeles harbor as she prepared to sail for maneuvers off the coast of Southern California with the Pacific Fleet. The Vincennes, recently accepted by the Navy, is one of the most powerful ships of its type in the world and was built under naval limitation treaties. According to observers, battlecraft of this type ran prove more disastrous to an enemy than huge 35,000-ton battleships. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 19 February 1938, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) circa late 1930's. |
Photo NH 95305 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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From DANFS: "Vincennes steamed to the Azores
and visited Ponta Delgada from 4 to 6 June 1940 before she proceeded on
for French Morocco to load a shipment of gold for transport to the United
States." |
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WWII era photo painted in Measure 12 camouflage. From the
collection of WO1 Myron G. Darst, USN (Ret.). |
David A. Darst |
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View looking aft and to port from the island of USS Hornet (CV-8)), while en route to the mission's launching point. USS Vincennes (CA 44) is in the distance. Several of the mission's sixteen B-25B bombers are visible. That in the foreground is tail # 40-2261, which was mission plane # 7, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Ted W. Lawson. The next plane is tail # 40-2242, mission plane # 8, piloted by Captain Edward J. York. Both aircraft attacked targets in the Tokyo area. Lt. Lawson later wrote the book Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. |
Photo NH-53293 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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At Pearl Harbor, circa 26-28 May 1942, prior to departing to take part in the Battle of Midway. A Curtiss SOC floatplane is in the left foreground.
Note: (The photo is a better copy of the link I have here, unfortunatley I can't recall where I got it from)! |
Photo 80-G-66128 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Yorktown
(CV 5), in the distant left center, being abandoned after suffering
torpedo damage, 4 June 1942. A destroyer is standing by off the listing
carrier's stern, and USS Vincennes (CA 44) is steaming by in
the middle distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives (photo # 80-G-21664).
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) underway during tactical exercises in Hawaiian waters, 8 July 1942.
National Archives photo - 80-G-10116 courtesy of history.navy.mil
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Starboard bow view USS Vincennes (CA 44) underway, in Measure 12 (mod) camouflage scheme, near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands shortly before the landings there. The ship was sunk on 8 August during night battle action off Savo Island.
Australian War Memorial, Photo #P02497.046 |
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA 39) photographed from a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Savo Island, off Guadalcanal, 9 August 1942. Quincy, seen here burning and illuminated by Japanese searchlights, was sunk in this action.
The flames at the far left of the picture are probably from the USS Vincennes (CA 44), also on fire from gunfire and torpedo damage. |
Text courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org
Photo NH-50346 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Battle diagram showing ship movement during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29. |
Mike Green |
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Outboard profile of USS Vincennes (CA-44) showing gunfire and torpedo hits during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29. |
Mike Green |
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CRUISERS REPORTED LOST) The Navy announced last night that three of its heavy cruisers, Quincy (CA-39), Astoria (CA-34) and Vincennes (CA-44), were sunk during the early phase of American occupation of the Solomon Islands. Above: The Quincy and its commander, Capt. Samuel M. Moore, reported among those killed. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972,
13 October 1942, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Horrors of Sea Battles Retold by Wounded Navy Heroes
Blown Off Ship Saving Injured |
Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library
Photo from Detroit Evening Times.(Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 14 March 1943, FINAL, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Medical Men Put Sailors Back into the Battle
FIRST AID IN WATER
There are stories of men like F. A. Moody, Pharmacist’s Mate aboard the cruiser Vincennes the night she was sunk during the Marine landing operations at
Guadalcanal. He herded a group of seamen, many of whom were wounded, to the stern of the rapidly sinking ship and got them over the side. Then he went in after them and in total darkness managed to give them first aid as they bobbed about in the water.....
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Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library
Photo from The Daily Monitor Leader.[volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 01 April 1943, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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"Two Transfusions and Please Say How Much That Plasma Helped" |
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 22 April 1943, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Cabin John Marine Recalls Sinking of Cruiser Vincennes
The marines and sailors on a raft in the South Pacific a year ago August will remember the quick thinking of Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl when the cruiser Vincennes (CA 44) went down, Pfc. Foreman J. Anderson, 22. USMC, said during a visit to the Stage Door canteen.
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Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 23 December 1943, Image 25, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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BACK FKOM HELL
Wounded Doctor Treats Others
Is Barely Able to Save Self |
Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library
Photo from Detroit Evening Times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 04 February 1944, 8 STAR, SECOND SECTION, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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A 1/32nd scale model of an SOC-3 Seagull held by it's creator, Tom Doll. It represents an airframe flown by VCS-7, attached to the USS Vincennes (CA 44), circa April 1942. |
Thomas Doll |
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A 1/32nd scale model of an SOC-3 Seagull. It represents an airframe flown by VCS-7, attached to the USS Vincennes (CA 44), circa April 1942. |
Thomas Doll |
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A 1/32nd scale model of an SOC-3 Seagull. It represents an airframe flown by VCS-7, attached to the USS Vincennes (CA 44), circa April 1942. |
Thomas Doll |
Video of the Wreck of USS Vincennes (CA 44)
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Wreck of the USS Vincennes (CA 44) at a depth of over 3,000 feet. The photo shows the port side propeller cone after it imploded due to the depth. |
Photo courtesy of facebook.com/rvpetrel.
Text i.d. via Keith Bender. |
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The photo shows the stern 8 inch turret with a crab on one of the barrels. |
Photo courtesy of facebook.com/rvpetrel. |
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The photo shows the exit of a shot from the stern. |
Photo courtesy of facebook.com/rvpetrel. |
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The photo shows the exit hole of a round that penetrated the width of the vessel. |
Photo courtesy of The Wreck of USS Vincennes – Ambushed and Ruined In Ironbottom Sound
via Skynea History. |
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The photo shows the bridge, which fell off during the sinking. |
Photo courtesy of The Wreck of USS Vincennes – Ambushed and Ruined In Ironbottom Sound
via Skynea History. |
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