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0412430 |
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Rochester sliding down the ways. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Undated photo. |
USN |
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Undated, Excellent overhead showing deck layout and details. |
USN |
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30k |
Undated, seen here in the "broadside perspective" The single
stack sets this class apart from the Baltimore's with just a glance. |
USN |
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30k |
Undated. |
John San Marco |
0412417 |
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Port side view, date and location unknown.
U.S. Navy location.
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David Buell |
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85k |
19 December 1946 image showing the ship as completed. She
was commissioned the next day. |
USN |
0412429 |
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A tug is shoving the USS Rochester (CA 124) from Pier 2 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Aboard are 800 enlisted and officer reservists from the 4th, 5th and 9th Naval Districts. Beginning in April, 1947, she was based at Philadelphia, ready to commence nine extended naval reserve training cruises which took her north to Casco Bay and south to the Caribbean.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection. |
Mike Green |
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97k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) Photographed in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts,
19 December 1946, the day before her commissioning ceremonies.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 96882.
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USNHC |
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101k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) Photograph dated 27 June 1950. However,
radar antenna on foremast is of a type that was replaced prior to the
ship's 1950 Western Pacific deployment, indicating that this view was
taken during the later 1940s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 96883.
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USNHC |
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USS
Valley Forge (CV 45) (left) and USS
Philippine Sea (CV 47) (center) at their anchorages at Sasebo,
Japan, during Korean War resupply activities, 23 August 1950. The ship
in the right distance is USS Rochester (CA 124).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives # 80-G-418734.
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National Archives |
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99k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) Photographed in 1951-53, prior to her
May-September 1953 overhaul.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 96885.
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USNHC |
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31k |
February of 1952 at the naval base in Yokosuka, Japan. |
RM3 Don Garner |
0412424 |
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Starboard side forward, Yokosuka, Japan, February 1952. |
RM3 Don Garner |
0412425 |
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Starboard side forward, Yokosuka, Japan, February 1952. |
RM3 Don Garner |
0412426 |
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Starboard side forward, Yokosuka, Japan, February 1952. |
RM3 Don Garner |
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106k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) En route to the Shimonoseki Strait, Japan,
after operations off the east coast of Korea. Probably taken during
her December 1952 -- March 1953 Korean War combat tour.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 96884.
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USNHC |
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99k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) Departing the Mare Island Naval Shipyard,
California, 20 September 1953, following overhaul. She has been fitted
with 3"/50 twin automatic gun mounts, replacing the 40mm guns she carried
from 1946 to 1953. Tugs USS Dekaury (YTB 178) --at left-- and
USS Awatobi (YTB 264) -- alongside her starboard side, forward--
are assisting her.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 84584.
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USNHC |
0413318 |
208k |
An aerial view of Yokosuka sometime between 1954 and 1955.
Ships pictured from front are: USS
Princeton (CVS 37), USS
Toledo (CA 133), USS
Los Angeles (CA 135), USS Rochester (CA 124), and USS
Helena (CA 75). This was about 1/4 of the active Cruisers for
that period. |
BMCS Richard Miller USN (Ret.) |
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130k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) En route to Saigon, Vietnam, 17 February
1954.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 74136.
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USNHC |
0412415 |
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Bow on view of USS Rochester (CA 124) arriving at Mare Island
with the assistance of the tug USS
Ossahinta (YTB 278) in September 1954 to assist in celebrating
Mare Island's Centennial on 17-19 September 1954.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo #23881-12-54
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Darryl Baker |
0412416 |
86k |
Port bow view of USS Rochester (CA-124) arriving at Mare Island
with the assistance of the tug USS
Ossahinta (YTB 278) in September 1954 to assist in celebrating
Mare Island's Centennial on 17-19 September 1954.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo #23886-12-54
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Darryl Baker |
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165k |
August 1956, moving into refueling station alongside the
Fleet Oiler USS
Kawishiwi (AO 146). |
Dale C. Haskin |
0412423 |
207k |
Port side view while underway in June 1957, location unknown.
Credit is Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet.
U.S. Navy Photo
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David Buell |
0412422 |
166k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) firing a gun salute as she
enters San Francisco Bay. This photo was taken from the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo credit is Associated
Press.
Photo caption: "SAN FRANCISCO, June 13-A SALUTE FROM THE NAVY-Puffs
of smoke drift in breeze from guns amidships on the heavy cruiser USS
Rochester in 15-gun salute to ranking services officer in the San
Francisco Bay area today as she passes through the Golden Gate and under
the Golden Gate Bridge in prelude to first formal fleet review here since
1938. Other units of the U.S. Navy's First Fleet, about 44 ships in all,
were scheduled to enter the Bay Area on a four day visit. Background upper
left is Fort Baker. (AP Wirephoto)(tdi151127ekb)1957" |
David Buell |
0412413 |
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USS Rochester (CA 124) Underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
at the time of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz' review of the First
Fleet, 13 June 1957.
Photo taken by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.
|
Robert M. Cieri |
0412418 |
60k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) South Pacific, approaching USS
Virgo (AKA 20) for replenishment, 1957.
From the collection of LTjg. Bernard Schenck, USS Virgo 1957.
|
Marc Schenck |
0412419 |
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USS Rochester (CA 124) South Pacific, approaching USS
Virgo (AKA 20) for replenishment, 1957.
From the collection of LTjg. Bernard Schenck, USS Virgo 1957.
|
Marc Schenck |
0412420 |
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USS Rochester (CA 124) South Pacific, alongside USS
Virgo (AKA 20) with helos available for rescue, 1957.
From the collection of LTjg. Bernard Schenck, USS Virgo 1957.
|
Marc Schenck |
0412421 |
77k |
USS Rochester (CA 124) South Pacific, hi-line transfer with
USS Virgo
(AKA 20), 1957.
From the collection of LTjg. Bernard Schenck, USS Virgo 1957.
|
Marc Schenck |
0413567 |
179k |
From back to front; USS Los Angeles (CA 135), HMAS Tobruk (D37), HMAS Anzac (D59), USS Rochester (CA 124), HMS Newfoundland (C59), HMNZS Royalist (C89) moored in Yokosuka, Japan, October 1957. |
Yu Chu |
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Commanding
Officers
|
| Name/Rank |
Class |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Guthrie, Harry Aloysius, CAPT |
1921-A |
RADM |
12/20/1946 - 05/03/1947 |
| Junker, Alexander Foster, CAPT |
1922 |
|
05/03/1947 - 02/24/1948 |
| Crosby, Gordon Josiah, CAPT |
1923 |
|
02/24/1948 - 12/16/1948 |
| Worthington, Joseph Muse, CAPT |
1924 |
RADM |
12/16/1948 - 12/21/1949 |
| Duke, Irving Terrill, CAPT |
1925 |
VADM |
12/21/1949 - 03/29/1950 |
| Woodyard, Edward Lender, CAPT |
1924 |
RADM |
03/29/1950 - 02/19/1951 |
| Smith, Rodman Davis, CAPT |
1925 |
|
02/19/1951 - 01/28/1952 |
| Chillingsworth Jr., Charles Frederick, CAPT |
1925 |
|
01/28/1952 - 09/26/1952 |
| Phillips, Richard Helsden, CAPT |
1927 |
RADM |
09/26/1952 - 06/06/193 |
| Clay, Donald Noble, CDR |
1935 |
|
06/06/1953 - 10/18/1953 |
| Quinn, John, CAPT |
1928 |
RADM |
10/18/1953 - 02/04/1955 |
| Wilbourne, William Wilkerson, CAPT |
1930 |
RADM |
02/04/1955 - 01/10/1956 |
| Gentry, Kenneth McLoud, CAPT |
1930 |
|
01/10/1956 - 11/05/1956 |
| Webster, John Alden, CAPT |
1931 |
|
11/05/1956 - 01/10/1958 |
| Coye Jr., John Starr, CAPT |
1933 |
RADM |
01/10/1958 - 01/02/1959 |
| Ward, Robert Elwin McCraner, CAPT |
1935 |
RADM |
01/02/1959 - 10/01/1959 |
| Hathaway, Amos Townsend, CAPT |
1935 |
|
10/01/1959 - 11/01/1960 |
| Shepard, Richard Daniels, CAPT |
1934 |
|
11/01/1960 - 06/01/1961 |
| Symons, Floyd Murphy, CDR |
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06/01/1961 - 08/10/1961 |
