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015977 | NR | QUINCY, MASS. ANOTHER LINK IN UNCLE SAMS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE The Massachusetts (BB-59), 35,000-ton battleship and the newest addition to the United States Fleet, as she slid down the ways at the Bethlehem Steel Co. Fore River yard today. As the huge hull cleared the ways, an overhead crane swung into place the keel for the Flint (CL-64), a new cruiser. The Massachusetts will have a main battery of nine 16-inch guns, mounted in three turrets, as well as a battery of the latest type anti-aircraft and secondary broadside guns. The new battleship is the fourth to be launched under the capital ship expansion program. There she goes - down the ways, flag draped bow billowing in the breeze, 23 September 1941. | A. P. Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 23 September 1941, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
0406421 |
1.80k | Mrs. Arthur A. Osburn, Jr., sponsor of USS Vincennes
(CL 64), poses with the christening bottle, just before Vincennes
was launched, at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Plant, Quincy,
Massachusetts, 17 July 1943. As Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, Daughter
of the Mayor of Vincennes, Indiana, she had also sponsored the previous
USS Vincennes
(CA 44), launched on 21 May 1936.
NHHC photo # NH 93493 via history.navy.mil |
NHHC | |
0406403 |
681k | Mrs. Arthur A. Osburn, Jr., sponsor of USS Vincennes
(CL 64), poses with the christening bottle, just before Vincennes
was launched, at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Plant, Quincy,
Massachusetts, 17 July 1943. As Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, Daughter
of the Mayor of Vincennes, Indiana, she had also sponsored the previous
USS Vincennes
(CA 44), launched on 21 May 1936.
NHHC photo # NH 93495 via history.navy.mil |
NHHC | |
0406411 |
214k | View taken during launching ceremonies at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 17 July 1943. Showing the ship's sponsor, Mrs. Arthur J. Osburn Jr. Officer to her right is probably Lieutenant Arthur A. Osburn Jr., USN, also present is Rear Admiral H.T. Smith, USN (SupShip, Bethlehem Steel Co.). Mrs. Osburn, as Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, sponsored the first Vincennes (CA 44). NHHC photo # NH-93494 via history.navy.mil |
NHHC | |
0406416 |
NR | NEW CRUISER VINCENNES LAUNCHED A new and more powerful cruiser Vincennes to replace the ship of the same name lost on the night of August 8-9, 1942, off Savo Island. Guadalcanal, plunges into Fore River after its launching at the Bethlehem Steel Co. yard. After the sinking of the cruiser named after the Indiana city, residents of the State subscribed funds in a special War bond campaign to pay for this ship. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 19 July 1943, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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0405625 |
137k | Camouflage Measure 33, Design 3D Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #80-G-109713 |
Russ Moody | |
0405626 |
110k | Camouflage Measure 33, Design 3D Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #80-G-109714 |
Russ Moody | |
0406418 |
258k | Refueling sometime during 1944, location unknown. There is a second Cleveland-Class cruiser to the right. From the collection of Paul Madden. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406419 |
427k | A series of 2 photos showing the bow cutting through heavy seas sometime during 1944, location unknown. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406420 |
70k | A series of 2 photos showing the bow cutting through heavy seas sometime during 1944, location unknown. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
97k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Photographed soon after completion, in early 1944, probably off Boston, Massachusetts. Her camouflage is Measure 33, Design 3d. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 48473. |
USNHC | ||
0406422 |
1.75m | Larger version of previous photo. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
115k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Steaming off the U.S. East Coast on 31 March 1944. Photographed from a blimp of Squadron ZP-11. Ship's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 3d. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98187. |
USNHC | ||
98k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Underway off the U.S. East Coast (position 41 30'N, 68 50'W, course 331) at 1000 hours on 31 March 1944. Photographed from a Squadron ZP-11 blimp. Ship's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 3d. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98188. |
USNHC | ||
0406425 |
340k | Seaplane recovery while underway, 1944, location unknown. The aircraft is a Curtis SC-1 Seahawk. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406424 |
378k | Vincennes at Pearl Harbor during the week of 6 May 1944. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406423 |
395k | Admiral Chester Nimitz presents Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker, Commander, Cruiser Division 14, with the Navy Cross aboard the Vincennes. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
138k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Underway with the Third Fleet, during operations in Philippine waters, December 1944. USS Hancock (CV 19) is in the distance, at left. Photographed by Lieutenant Barrett Gallagher, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-431077. |
USNHC | ||
0406430 |
760k | Ships scoreboard in 1945 | Ed Mackiewicz | |
51k | Shown on February 12, 1945 in formation with the destroyer USS DeHaven (DD 727) as part of TF-58. The ships are leaving Ulithi en route for air strikes on Japan (photo ID update by John Chiquoine). | USN | ||
234k | Clean photo taken from USS Bennington (CV 20) [by Lowell Love] reloading from an ammo ship with USS Vincennes (CL 64) alongside and Wasp (CV 18) and USS Massachusetts (BB 59) in the distance. USS Hornet (CV 12) was on the other side of Bennington. March, 1945 (photo ID update by John Chiquoine; Massachusetts identification by Bill Fessenden). | Steve Whitby | ||
3m |
A Japanese "Zeke" airplane dives toward USS Vincennes (CL 64), during an attack on Task Group 58.1 off Okinawa on 6 April 1945. Note anti-aircraft gun smoke and flame trailing aft of the cruiser. Photographed from USS Miami (CL 89). Tracer shells from Miami and from the destroyer in the center are also visible. This plane crashed into the sea astern of Vincennes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-324534. |
Ed Mackiewicz | ||
0406417 |
476k | Two page PDF dated 6/14/1945 wire from the Colonel of the 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division to the Vincennes in thanks for fire support on Okinawa. | Courtesy of James Patrick Hardgrove via his daughter, Cheryl Lea Balogh. | |
0406432 |
1m | Leaving Okinawa flying the Homeward Bound pennant. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406428 |
1.4m | Moored in Pearl Harbor with USS Wasp in the background | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406427 |
1.1m | Approaching San Francisco in 1945. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406431 |
1.1m | San Francisco 1945. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
130k |
USS Indianapolis (CA 35)- At the Mare Island Navy Yard after her final overhaul, 12 July 1945. Circles on photo mark recent alterations to the ship. Note stripped Cleveland class light cruiser in the right background, with YC 283 alongside. (the Cleveland-class cruiser in the background is the USS Vincennes as identified by Carl Vensel) Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-86915 |
National Archives | ||
137k |
USS Indianapolis (CA 35) - Closeup view of 8" turret # 2 and the ship's superstructure, from ahead and to starboard, at the Mare Island Navy Yard following her final overhaul, 12 July 1945. Circles on photo mark recent alterations to the ship. Note MK 13 radar on MK 34 director, atop Indianapolis' tripod foremast, and many other antennas on masts and superstructure. A stripped Cleveland class light cruiser is in the right background, with YC 283 alongside. (the Cleveland-class cruiser in the background is the USS Vincennes as identified by Carl Vensel) Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-86916 |
National Archives | ||
0406414 |
495k |
Stern view of USS Vincennes (CL 64) at Mare Island on 7 Aug 1945. She was under going repairs at the yard from 7 July to 29 August 1945. Note the open Aircraft Hanger hatch. The ship to the right is the USS Mount McKinley (AGC 7). U.S. Navy Photo #5830-45 |
Darryl Baker | |
130k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Steaming in San Francisco Bay, California, on 29 August 1945. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, aircraft. Ship's camouflage is Measure 22. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98189. |
USNHC | ||
49k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Panoramic photograph of the ship in a U.S. West Coast port, circa Autumn 1945. Courtesy of George Knight, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95256. |
USNHC | ||
70k |
USS Vincennes (CL 64) Underway, circa 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photograph Collection, Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95308. |
USNHC | ||
0406433 |
1.4m | Inspection, while underway. Nice view of a 40mm mount. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406435 |
1m | N (Navigation) Division photo off Guadalcanal, 1945. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406437 |
240k | Aerographer's Mate Ted Mackiewicz (Contributor's father) on the Starboard 01 Level forward behind 20mm gun tub #7. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
0406436 |
359k | Church Call on the Forecastle. Interesting way to erect an awning. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
1m | Newspaper clippings, The Evening Post, 14 November 1945, Auckland, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
541k | Newspaper clippings, The Auckland Star, 15 November 1945, Auckland, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
891k | Newspaper clippings, The Evening Post, 21 November 1945, Wellington, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
902k | Newspaper clippings, The Evening Post, 21 November 1945, Wellington, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
0406434 |
215k | Moored in Noumea, New Caledonia, flagship for Rear Admiral Paul Hendren, Commander, South Pacific Area Force, late 1945. | Ed Mackiewicz | |
946k | Newspaper clippings, New Zealand Herald, January 1946, Auckland, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
1.6m | Newspaper clippings, New Zealand Herald, January 1946, Auckland, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
1.5m | Newspaper clippings, New Zealand Herald, January 1946, Auckland, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
2.3m | Newspaper clippings, The Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand | Ed Mackiewicz | ||
0406439 |
276k | After the end of WW2, the USS Vincennes (CL 64), as seen here on 28 March 1946, made two trips to New Zealand waters before returning home with 300 veterans embarked as passengers. After discharging them at?? San Francisco on 23 March 1946, the ship sailed to Mare Island Navy Yard, where workmen began deactivating the ship. United States Navy photo. |
Mike Green | |
0406415 |
514k | USS Vincennes (CL 64) being placed in "commissioned in reserve" status. The clipping is from the Vallejo Times Herald October 20, 1946 edition. | Darryl Baker | |
0406415 |
113k | Ex-USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86), with ex-USS Sicily (CVE 118) moored across the pier, at the Hunters Point (San Francisco Group) Inactive Ship Facility in the mid-1950s. Special attention was paid to the wooden decks of the carriers, and they were periodically sprayed with preservatives. Still, the ravages of weather took their toll. In the foreground are the cruisers ex-USS?? Vincennes (CL 64) and ex-USS Amsterdam (CL 101). Note the metal "igloos" fitted over the ships' light AA mounts. | Robert Hurst
Scott Koen ussnewyork.com |
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1.08k |
Ex-USS Vincennes (CL 64) is towed out of San Diego Bay, California, by USS Kalmia (ATA 184). Assisting are the harbor tugs USS Muskegon (YTB 763), alongside Vincennes, and USS Arawak (YTM 702), off Vincennes' stern. Photograph is dated 7 October 1969. The old cruiser was expended as a target off the coast of Southern California on 28 October 1969. Note that her gun barrels have been cut off. Official U.S. Navy Photograph #K-77750. |
USN | ||
0406438 |
103k |
Ex-USS Vincennes (CL 64) is towed out of San Diego Bay, California, by the tug USS Kalmia (ATA 184), in October 1969. Photo from U.S. Navy All Hands magazine, May 1970. |
Robert Hurst |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
Brown, Allen Dudley, CAPT | 01/21/1944 - 1944 | |
Lalor, William George, CAPT | 01/27/1945 | |
Rogers, George Pearsall, CDR | - 09/10/1946 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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