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America Strengthens Sea and Air Arm.
Pictured at left is a view of the keel laying for the new 10,000-ton cruiser, Wilkes-Barre (CL-90), at the recently re-opened century-old Cramps shipyards, near Philadelphia. Upper right: Widely heralded new flying fortress, probably world’s deadliest instrument of destruction, emerges from the Boeing plant in Seattle for first test flight. Lower right: The U. S. cruiser San Juan (CL-54), after being launched at the Fore River yard of the Bethlehem Steel company, Quincy, Mass. | Photo & text I.D. via Theodore Leverett.
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
Photo from The Frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, 25 September 1941, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Christening of Astoria by Mrs. Robert Lucas,
wife of the editor of the Astoria-Budget. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Astoria sliding down the ways, 6 March 1943,
William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA. |
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Astoria sliding down the ways, 6 March 1943,
William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA. |
Dale Hargrave |
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William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company facilities, 15
March 1943. Cruisers visible in this photo:
Far right - Miami (CL 89) - Furthest along;
aft turrets and catapults in place.
Left of Miami is Astoria
(CL 90) - she is about a month behind Miami..
Left of Astoria, in the large shipway, is Oklahoma
City (CL 91) - a significant portion of hull
has been built.
Left of Oklahoma City is Little
Rock (CL 92) - Keel was just been laid on 6
March, which is visible under crane structure.
Note the 8 submarines in various stages of construction to the
left of the Little Rock (4 per shipway). They
are most likely:
Devilfish
(SS 292)
Dragonet
(SS 293)
Escolar
(SS 294)
Hackleback
(SS 295)
Lancetfish
(SS 296)
Ling
(SS 297)
Lionfish
(SS 298)
Manta
(SS 299)
The shipyard's submarine construction program was not
especially successful. Poor management hindered the delivery of
the boats.? The first delivery was made two years after
keel laying, and fitting out was then done by? Portsmouth Navy Yard. The
best construction time for a submarine was 644 days.
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Tracy White |
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The same view as the previous image taken from the opposite
direction. |
Tracy White |
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Shells from an unseen ship land off the stern during gunnery
practice, date and location unknown. From the collection of Herman
Schnipper. |
Ed Mackiewicz |
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Underway at sea, 22 July 1944, while
en route to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for post-shakedown
overhaul. Her camouflage is Measure 33, Design 24d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98413.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 21 October 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 33,
Design 24d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98414.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 21 October 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98415.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, 21 October 1944. She carries two 0S2U "Kingfisher"
floatplanes on her catapults.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98416.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Bow view, taken off the Mare Island
Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98417.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Stern view, taken off the Mare
Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944. She carries two
0S2U "Kingfisher" floatplanes on her catapults.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98418.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Plan view, forward, taken at the
Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944. Note railway
cars full of scrap in the foreground, and the dredge YM-12
(bearing the name "Endicott" on a board atop her pilothouse) at
left.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98419.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Plan view amidships, looking
forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21
October 1944. Note life rafts stowed between the ship's
smokestacks, and antennas for SK-1 and SG radars atop her
foremast. A tractor-trailer "bus" is passing by ashore, to the
left of Astoria's pilothouse.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98420.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Plan view amidships, looking aft,
taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944.
Note the searchlights mounted on the ship's after smokestack.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98421.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Plan view aft, taken at the Mare
Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944. Note 40mm quad
gun mount at left, with battle helmets and a life raft mounted
on the bulkhead beyond, and 5"/38 twin gun mount in left center.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98422.
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Refueling at Ulithi, 26 November 1944. From the collection of
Herman Schnipper. (Date corrected by Eick E. Davis) |
Ed Mackiewicz |
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USS Astoria (CL 90) sailors load aboard USS LCI(G) 463
for a brief liberty at Mog Mog Fleet Recreation Center at Ulithi Atoll, 28 January 1945.
Photo courtesy Herman Schnipper |
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USS LCI(G) 463 loaded with a recreation party from USS Astoria
(CL 90) sailors headed for the Fleet Recreation Center at Mog Mog, Ulithi Atoll, 28 January 1945.
Photo courtesy Herman Schnipper |
Marc Levine |
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As seen from USS Essex (CV 9), USS Astoria (CL 90), USS Randolph (CV 15), and other units of Task Force 58 steam in the Pacific, circa May 1945. Carrier in the background might be USS Bunker Hill (CV 17). |
Ed Mackiewicz |
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USS Astoria (CL 90) moored at Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada on 1 June 1946. The ship carries
Measure 22 camouflage scheme.
City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM1506-S3-3-:
CVA 447-3358, by Walter E. Frost.
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USS Astoria (CL 90) Underway, circa 1947, probably while
leaving San Diego, California.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center #NH 98423.
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