Fires were started in the carpenter shop and the airplanes in the hangar. These reports consist of the Commanding Officer's own summary, as well as reports made to him by various survivors of each ship. Due to sinkage and port list as the result of torpedo explosions forward, most of these compartments on the second deck were flooding through the shell holes in the port side as surviving personnel were abandoning this area. It will be placed about ten feet forward of the present mast and will be designed to carry radar antennas. I am not sure of some information and so left the fields blank. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. I, was also hit in the left range finder hood (Hit No. 47, USS Enterprise CV6 War History 1941 - 1945, USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report No. She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily, 16 July, arriving two days later. 62. For ship's logs and personnel records, see the Reference Page. QUINCY stood out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. This general area, as on the other two ships, was hit early in the action. When so ignited, cartridge cases may be expected to jump out by rocket action in a flaming condition, and to burn on deck or to roast other charges so that they too ignite in succession. 21. During the next fifteen minutes. A short time later the other forward 8" magazine was flooded. USS Astoria CA-34, lost August 9, 1942 in Battle of Savo Island (NHHC, click to enlarge): return to US Navy Casualties, WW2 or to World War 2 She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. Steps shall be taken accordingly to insure that the report will be seen by those persons responsible for design, construction and repair of naval vessels, as well as for their operation, but by no others. Another hit (No. Grandpa is now 84 and living with his wife of 64 yrs Mary in southern CA. Early in the action, two hits (No. 1 boiler room, must have remained intact because it was reported that some telephones remained in service until the ship was abandoned. 35, 38, 39 and 40 filled this space with smoke. 2 fireroom rendered the blower inoperable. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. After an overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, Quincy resumed tactical operations with her division off San Clemente, California, until her redeployment to the Atlantic on 4 January 1939. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. Topside personnel accounted, for the majority of the casualties. Another hit (No. The President's senior aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin "Pa" Watson, who had been ailing, died aboard ship on 20 February. 14. projectiles. Structural fragments from the No. Help| 52. 49, 50 and 51) were received in this station and other control stations in the immediate vicinity. USS QUINCY was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. 64. 63. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 20) and an intense fire was started. The 8" magazines were completely flooded. 18. 6 and No. 6 and No. projectiles. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. 67. It is noted that performance of armor on ASTORIA was considerably different from that on BOISE*, although range in both cases was approximately the same. She then steamed to Malta via the Straits of Messina. It is not possible for any lightly protected vessel to absorb such punishment and survive. According to reference (d), this was accomplished a few minutes after the torpedo hit in way of No. The fact that these projectiles usually detonated upon contact or just after penetrating the skin indicates that quite probably they were 5" H.E. The arrangement of fire mains on the new cruisers under construction, both light and heavy, is such as to possess greater flexibility under damaged conditions. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. The Quincy-built ship was commissioned in 1949. Baxter was participating in the 25th reunion of former crew members since the USS Salem Asslociaion formed in the late 1980s. 16) and again about five minutes later (Hit No. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the 3rd U.S. Army. She served alongside German heavy cruisers at Mlaga to evacuate their respective nationals out of Spain. [7], Quincy earned one battle star during World War II. 3 fireroom. HullNumber.com does not share your information. In honor of the meeting between Saudi's King Abdul Aziz and Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard Quincy, the official residence of the American ambassador to Saudi Arabia is named Quincy House, and is located on the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh. She was the third ship to carry the name. Would like to hear from fellow crew mates! Two hits (Nos. 50. Eight-inch A.P. One 8" projectile (Hit No. 3 fireroom". While in Spanish waters, she operated with an international rescue fleet that included Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, and Admiral Scheer. Cincpac directed, however, that Commanding Officers, at their own discretion, have the planes flown off or dropped overboard if action appears imminent. While she was in this swing, she was raked fore and aft by large and small caliber hits. ASTORIA received at least 65 known hits. USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships.Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range, and . There is no evidence of gasoline fires or explosions near gasoline stowage tanks in any of these ships, probably because no hits were near enough to cause leakage of gasoline from these tanks. Home; About HullNumber; Before you Register; Tell a Shipmate . This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. Of the Baltimore class she had the second shortest active career (Fall River was in service just .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12 years), and was in active service for only 5+12 years. Ted: clerk, wrote out paychecks, Skipper during Quincy's final cruise in the Pacific, Korean War, 1953-4. About this time all steam power was lost due to blowers either being destroyed or drawing smoke and flames from the fires amidships into the firerooms. The Bureau of Ordnance has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. From 15 March to 28 April, she engaged in important battle practice off Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet in Fleet Problem XIX. The increased draft and port list which resulted, brought the projectile holes in the skin of the ship below the water line. 34 and 37) exploded ammunition in ready-service lockers and set fire to the cane fenders stowed aft of the searchlight platform. All control spaces in the foremast, except radio I, were struck at least once. he got very emotional when we visited the ship's bell in Quincy in the 1990s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party embarked on Quincy on 23 January 1945, at Newport News, Virginia, for passage to Malta, arriving 2 February. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the U.S. 7th Army. 90. The USNSM is housed aboard the Quincy-built USS Salem; the world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser. room about frame 45. Her own aircraft strafed targets in Omonawa on Tokune Shima 19 May. 2 boiler were ruptured. 8) was received on top of the turret but did not penetrate. This space is to be fitted with a CO2 smothering system. [4], Quincy sortied with Cruiser Divisions, Pacific Fleet on 20 May on a tactical exercise which was the first of many such maneuvers that she participated in during 19371938. Turrets I and II were trained around to starboard and brought to bear upon the enemy. 88. Quincy (CA39) Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Search for Crew Members Please fill at least one field. [4], Quincy returned to the Boston Navy Yard on 5 October for refit preparatory to final acceptance trials which were held from 1518 March 1937. This action of August 9, 1942 was the first action of this war in which one of our task forces was engaged in a night gunfire and torpedo attack. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. USS Quincy departed Malta 6 February 1945, and arrived at the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal two days later, after calling at Ismalia, Egypt. Search crew members| In new construction the foremast and mainmast are designed to carry the weight of the radar antennas without the use of forestays and backstays. After steaming to the Mediterranean, the cruiser participated in the invasion of Southern France in August. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 41 and 42). Heavy clouds surrounded Savo Island and the Guadalcanal area. AR-6 Crew Roster . Undoubtedly, there were many other hits in these and other spaces which were not reported. Therefore, important control spaces and areas within the vicinity will be listed with a description of the damage resulting to that station or space. 38 and 40) detonated in the laundry, starting fires. It is not possible for any lightly protected vessel to absorb such punishment and survive. USS Quincy honors the past crews of the ships that bore this name, the people/Veterans from communities named Quincy and President. In 1995, to commemorate 50 years since the meeting occurred, thenU.S. 6) Letters from a Sailor, My Uncle Ted just celebrated his 83rd birthday (11-9-2013), was on the USS Quincy for 2-1/2 yrs, remembers Lt Kenneth Farmer,Woodrow Kirk, Ira Jay Hopkins Jr, Roger Miller, Roger Dudley. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. US Navy Crew List - Reunite with old Navy Buddies - 344743 entries available online. The main battery control aft was struck at least once destroying this station. At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. Turret III was jammed in train by a hit (No. 8 on fire and knocked out No. She was commissioned at the U.S. The deck in sick bay was reported ruptured and blown upward. Midship Repair Station and Second Deck Ammunition Hoists. Director I was jammed in train as the forestay had carried away due to damage, and caught around the radar antenna. 23), cutting off the cartridge case bases and causing them to burn like "Roman Candles". If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. Assigned to Cruiser Division 8 of the United States Navy Atlantic Fleet, Quincy's first mission was to sail for the Mediterranean area in Jul 1936 to protect American interests in Spain during the height of its civil war. 1 in the officers' galley (Hit No. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit. The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Armys assault at 1207. The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Quincy (CA 71). Following fitting out and readiness training, she served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task groups ranging off the coastline of Korea from 25 July 1953 to 1 December 1953. This rendered the ship incapable of fighting the fires except by a few CO2 extinguishers which were soon exhausted. Fragments in this case entered into the turret officer's booth, wounding the turret officer. Following Operation Mainbrace which started 13 September, QUINCY arrived in Plymouth, England, on 26 September, but soon continued southbound arriving at Gibraltar 3 October. No. I stepped to the port side of the Pilot House, and looked out to find the island and noted that the ship was heeling rapidly to port, sinking by the bow. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
To add your CA-71 photos: Click on your Last Name on the CA-71 Crew Roster: Click on any photo below to view larger image: THUMBNAIL: YEAR: DESCRIPTION-Page 1 / 0: NEXT: U.S.S . Various other hits were received in the control stations located on the foremast.
projectiles and bombardment projectiles against naval targets. Quincy's wreck was discovered and explored by Robert Ballard and his crew in July and August 1992. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. For crew lists, and reunions see the Veterans Info Page. Quincy's ship bell has been preserved, and is on display at Constitution Common in Quincy, Massachusetts. 22 and 26) S93/S88/S29/S3-1, Serial (01324A) dated Sept. 26, 1942 - (Type directive for improvement of offensive qualities of cruisers). 25), penetrated the kerosene tank under the starboard ladder leading from the well deck to the boat deck and passed through the main deck into the after mess hall, where it detonated. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. 4. 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