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USS Montpelier (CL 57) Launching, at the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12
February 1942. Courtesy of James Russell, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75597.
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USNHC |
0405704 |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) Photographed circa early December
1942, probably in the vicinity of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Pennsylvania.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98083.
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USNHC |
0405705 |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) Photographed by the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, probably in the Delaware River or
Delaware Bay on 12 December 1942. Note the seaplane floats on
her catapults.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98084.
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USNHC |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) with turrets No. 2 and No. 4
trained to starboard in 1943, at an unknown location.
United States Navy
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Mike Green |
0405702 |
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Starboard side view in late 1942/early 1943. Here she is in
camouflage pattern Measure 12 (modified).
Caption corrected by Aryeh Wetherhorn.
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USN |
0405720 |
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Port side aerial view while underway wearing camouflage pattern
Measure 12 (modified). |
John Spivey |
0405723 |
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USS Montpelier anchored at Espiritu on one of
several occasions in the second half of 1943.
Photo by Dayton Brown.
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John Chiquoine |
0405717 |
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The starboard catapult, which was hit by 2 50-kilogram bombs
while off Bougainville on 2 November 1943.
From the collection of crewman John Dietz.
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Dale Dietz/Joseph Carter |
0405709 |
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Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, USN Receives the Navy Cross
medal from Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, in ceremonies held on
the after deck of USS Montpelier (CL 57), 11 December
1943. Probably taken in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-K-2432.
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National Archives |
0405722 |
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Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11A
Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme
intended for light cruisers of the CL 55 (Cleveland) class.
Ships known to have worn this scheme included USS
Montpelier? (CL 57) and USS? Duluth? (CL
87). This plan, showing the ship's starboard
side, stern, superstructure ends, and exposed decks, is dated 27
January 1944, and was approved by Captain Logan McKee, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives. Photo #80-G-105501
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Russ Moody |
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Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11A
Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme
intended for light cruisers of the CL 55 (Cleveland) class.
Ships known to have worn this scheme included USS
Montpelier? (CL 57) and USS? Duluth? (CL
87). This plan, showing the ship's port side,
is dated 27 January 1944, and was approved by Captain Logan
McKee, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives. Photo #80-G-105500
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Russ Moody |
0405701 |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) En route from the Marshall
Islands to take part in the invasion of Saipan, 11 June 1944.
Photographed from USS
Gambier Bay (CVE 73).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98085.
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USNHC |
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Starboard bow view in drydock at Mare Island, October 1944. |
Pieter Bakels |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, following overhaul, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage
scheme is Measure 32, Design 11a.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98086.
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USNHC |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, following overhaul, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage
scheme is Measure 32, Design 11a.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98087.
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USNHC |
0405711 |
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Stern view of USS Montpelier (CL 57) off Mare Island on
18 Oct 44.
U.S. Navy Photo #6278-44
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Darryl Baker |
0405712 |
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Broadside view of USS Montpelier (CL 57) off Mare
Island on 18 Oct 44. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 22
August to 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #6375-44
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Darryl Baker |
0405703 |
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USS Montpelier (CL 57) At the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, at the end of an overhaul, 21 October 1944. The ship
in the background, with weathered Measure 32, Design 7d
camouflage, is USS Indianapolis
(CA 35), which had recently arrived at the Navy Yard
for overhaul. Circles mark recent alterations to Montpelier.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98088.
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USNHC |
0405713 |
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Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Montpelier (CL 57)
at Mare Island on 21 Oct 44. The sterns of USS
Indianapolis (CA 35) and USS
Baltimore (CA 68) are seen to the right.
U.S. Navy Photo #6372-44
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Darryl Baker |
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Plan view midships looking forward while at Mare Island, CA, 21
October 1944.
U.S. Navy photo #6377-44
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Pieter Bakels |
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The charred dent in the bulkhead of mount 54's handling room is
from a Kamikaze that was splashed 100 yards from the ship while
in Leyte Gulf on 27 November 1944. When the plane hit the water
it skipped like a stone and impacted the ship. Fortunately it
had no bomb. During this engagement, Montpelier was
credited with shooting down 4 planes in 2 minutes.
From the collection of crewman John Dietz.
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Dale Dietz/Joseph Carter |
0405716 |
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5" and 6" powder casings litter the decks after a shore
bombardment mission on Balikpapan, Boreno, 1 July 1945.
From the collection of crewman John Dietz.
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Dale Dietz/Joseph Carter |
