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USS Atlanta (CL 51) under construction at Kearny, New Jersey, 30 June 1940.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) under construction at Kearny, New Jersey, 30 September 1940.
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A lower angle view of Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ, 9 August 1941. Nearest the camera are destroyers Aaron Ward (DD-483) and Buchanan (DD-484), with Hambleton (DD-455) and Rodman (DD-456) in the next building dock. On the ways is light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), less than a month from launching and with one 5in/38 twin mount already installed), and her less advanced sister Juneau (CL-52). Several merchant hulls are next; the tanker Patric J. Hurley is nearly ready for launch. Barely visible beyond them are destroyers Duncan (DD-485) and Lansdowne (DD-486), just begun. At the fitting out piers are a freighter and destroyers Bristol (DD-453) and Ellyson (DD-454). |
Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces
Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas
File Unit: New Jersey - Kearney
National Archives Identifier: 68144657
Local Identifier 18-AA-82-57
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Overhead view of Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ, 9 August 1941. At left, a freighter and two destroyers are fitting out; the destroyers are Bristol (DD-453) and Ellyson (DD-454). Two more destroyers, Duncan (DD-485) and Lansdowne (DD-486) are seen in the very early stages of construction; to their right are several merchant hulls, the most advanced of which is the tanker Patric J. Hurley. Next to the row of merchants is light cruiser Juneau (CL-52), with sister Atlanta (CL-51) next to her. Destroyers Hambleton (DD-455) and Rodman (DD-456) are approaching the launching stage with Aaron Ward (DD-483) and Buchanan (DD-484) to their right.
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Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces
Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas
File Unit: New Jersey - Kearney
National Archives Identifier: 68144659
Local Identifier 18-AA-82-57
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov via Theodore Leverett |
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Shipyards Reopen Under U. S. Navy Control
The United States Navy announced August 26 a 97.3 percent return to work at the vast Kearny, N. J. plant of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, stilled for 19 days by a CIO strike. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, who took command of the strike-bound yard under Presidential order, is an eminent engineer. Above Soundphoto shows employees passing through the gates to resume work on two cruisers, six destroyers, two C-2 cargo ships and three tankers now on the ways. The cruiser USS Atlanta (CL 51) stands ready for launching in the yards. The Navy is considering an offer from the owners to buy over the entire plant. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 03 September 1941, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) slides down the building ways, during launching
ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company shipyard,
Kearny, New Jersey, 6 September 1941.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-27284.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) slides down the building ways, during launching
ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company shipyard,
Kearny, New Jersey, 6 September 1941. |
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NEW CRUISER FAST AS DESTROYER
This is a broadside view of the new 6.000-tcn cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) after she slid down the ways into the Hackensack River from the ways at the Kearny, N. J., shipyard. The light cruiser can do 43 knots, as fast as the speediest of U. S. destroyers, the Navy Department revealed.
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Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 15 September 1941, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) after launching at Kearny, N. J., 6 September 1941.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) underway, probably at the time of her trials,
circa November 1941.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57453.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) running trials off Rockland, Maine, 26 November
1941.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-27299-A.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) steaming at high speed, probably during
her trials, circa November 1941.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57455.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) on trials, November 1941.
Image 19-N-27301 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) underway most likely on builders trials.
Image NH 57454 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Brooklyn Navy Yard (24 Dec 1941) attending the commissioning of the cruiser this morning was Miss Margaret Mitchell who was sponsor of the ship (center) with Captain Samuel P. Jenkins (left) commanding officer of the cruiser Atlanta and Commander Campbell O. Emery (Right) is the Executive Officer aboard the cruiser Atlanta. The ship was commissioned today at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Atlanta (CL 51) - Sponsor: Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind |
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Scene on the ship's fantail, during her commissioning ceremonies
at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 December 1941. Standing
in the foreground are (left to right):
Captain Samuel P. Jenkins, Commanding Officer;
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews;
Margaret Mitchell (Mrs. John R. Marsh), ship's Sponsor;
Captain Harold V. McKittrick; and
Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57451.
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Bill Gonyo |
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Miss Margaret Mitchell Marsh, the sponsor of the USS Atlanta (CL 51) presents Captain Samuel P. Jenkins with a silver punch bowl, at commissioning ceremonies, 24 December, 1941.
Image NH 57449 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97806.
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The light cruiser USS Atlanta (CL 51), foreground, and the Heavy
Cruiser USS
Vincennes (CA 44) maneuver near the aircraft carrier USS
Hornet (CV 8) during the Battle of Midway. A wartime photo censor
has removed the radar antenna from the Atlanta's foremast. Also,
Atlanta was the only US Light Cruiser to participate in the battle.
U.S. Navy photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) comes alongside USS
San Francisco (CA 38) to refuel, 16 October 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97807.
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USS Atlanta (CL 51) - backing down in a south Pacific harbor,
25 October 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-266844.
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Scott Dyben/National Archives |
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SURVIVED ATLANTA SINKING
With a captured Jap rifle as a souvenir, these members of the crew of the light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), sunk off Savo Island November 13, still smile. Left to right: P. M. Gregory of Evansville, 111.; A. R. Calabrese of Erie, Pa.; R. E. Leslie of Perth Amboy, N. J.; W. D. Marshall of Camden, N. J.; Raymond Tomkowski of Buffalo, N. Y., and B. F. Hicks of Hippo. Ky., holding the rifle. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972,
14 January 1943, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Heroes of the Washington Area
REAR ADMIRAL NORMAN SCOTT
For the "superb skill and courage" with which he led his cruiser force in the great naval battle of Savo Island last November 13, in which he lost his life, Rear Admiral Norman Scott was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Admiral Scott went down with his flagship, the cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), under fire from Japanese battleships of the greatly superior enemy force which was turned back from Guadalcanal with heavy losses.
At the White House ceremony in which the Nation's highest decoration was accepted for Admiral Scott
by his son, Midshipman Norman Scott, jr., President Roosevelt read from the citation:
"Although faced with a desperate and determined enemy, superior in both numbers and gun power,
Rear Admiral Scott, with superb skill and courage led his force into battle against tremendous odds and
successfully met the challenge and accomplished his mission, thereby contributing greatly to the decisive
victory of our forces."
Also present at the White House ceremony was Admiral Scott's widow, Mrs. Marjorie Scott, who resides
at their home here, 1230 Thirtieth street N.W. She has been designated to christen a new destroyer
named in honor of her husband.
This portrait is one of a series of decorated war heroes of the Washington area, drawn for the roto
gravure section by Newman Sudduth of The Star's art staff. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 08 August 1943, Image 92, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (seated, second from right) meets with reporters from the two Atlanta, Georgia, newspapers, the Journal and the Constitution, in March 1943, on the occasion of his visit to the city to climax a successful War Bond selling campaign to cover the cost of replacing the cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), sunk on 13 November 1942 off Guadalcanal. The money raised was more than enough to pay for a new ship, which became Atlanta (CL 104).
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Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (second from left) receives a check from John L. Connor, Chairman of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, War Bond selling campaign, March 1943. The check, for $63,000,000, represents the amount raised in a bond selling drive to cover the cost of replacing the cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), sunk on 13 November 1942 off Guadalcanal. The money raised was more than enough to pay for a new ship, which became Atlanta (CL 104). Looking on are Rear Admiral George D. Murray (left), Chief of the Naval Air Intermediate Training Command at Pensacola, Florida, and Captain Samuel P. Jenkins (right), who commanded Atlanta when she was lost.
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