44. 13) in the communication office. At 0700 HOPKINS came alongside and made arrangements for towing. Bucket brigades were organized by both parties. projectiles. This reel was located near No. projectile. Following a Caribbean shakedown cruise and training in the North. [4], Quincy sailed for San Diego on 5 June via the Panama Canal and arrived on 19 June. 75. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. From results of the Bureau of Ordnance tests described above, it appears rather that this "explosion" was a severe powder fire from the 5"/25 caliber ammunition charges which was so intense as to be of the nature of an explosion. Dense smoke and fires cut off fore-and-aft passage on the second deck. She spent the remainder of 1939 on patrol in the North Atlantic due to the outbreak of World War II. Radio I was struck at least once (Hit No. 28. Nearly all of the fire main risers were cut by either direct hits or fragments. Numerous 8", 5" and 25mm hits were received by each ship; the exact number is unknown. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. 36) received by the ship was in mount No. In ASTORIA the initial heel was caused by the flooding of port side compartments due to the explosion of the 5" magazine. Events Ordered by the US Navy on 14 June, 1943, USS Salem (CA 139) was laid down on 4 July, 1945 at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Quincy Yard in Quincy, MA and launched on 25 March, 1947. A short time later the other forward 8" magazine was flooded. At 0215, when the enemy ceased firing, the ship was out of control, all main and secondary guns out of action, and all firerooms out of commission. In new construction the foremast and mainmast are designed to carry the weight of the radar antennas without the use of forestays and backstays. room. At this time, while still under heavy fire from the enemy, the ship began to list appreciably to port. It will be noted in the narrative that all three of these ships sank by capsizing. Before contacting the Reference Staff, please read through these questions and answers first. The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Armys assault at 1207. Quincy was decommissioned on 19 October 1946, in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. 1 and No. August 9, 1942 (50 years old) 45) entered the forward mess hall but did not explode. At the same time, Rear Admiral James H. Thach, Jr., Commander Cruiser Division Six, shifted his flag from USS MACON (CA 132) to QUINCY and he and his new flagship steamed out of Norfolk bound for Europe. No 5" projectiles were found intact on any of the three ships, although some of the 5" enemy projectiles were duds as the references definitely report various 5" projectile hits which did not detonate. 1, 5 and 7 were put out of action, after three star shell salvos were fired to starboard, from a series of hits (Nos. Quincy continued to support carrier aircraft strikes against Okinawa, Tokuno Shima, Kikai Jima, Amami Gunto, and Asumi Gunto until the force returned to base 13 June. 20. Would like to hear from fellow crew mates! USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. CA-39 General Specifications. Five-inch A.A. ammunition in the port passageway was set on fire by at least three hits (Nos. IT is now docked at . Later, she operated with Yorktown and TF 28 until sailing for home on 14 July. This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register. Two of the 5" projectiles (Nos. She again decommissioned 2 July 1954, at Bremerton.[1]. 7) probably near the top of the barbette. Quincy's ship bell has been preserved, and is on display at Constitution Common in Quincy, Massachusetts. Hit No. Search for a command's Crew List| Quincy passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on 26 July and arrived at Mlaga, Spain on 27 July to assume her duties. 67. QUINCY joined the Support Force, 23 August; and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Roster U.S.S. 63. Quincy joined the Support Force, 23 August, and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. 46. Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 CA-39 USS Quincy. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. New Orleans class Heavy Cruiser: Displacement: 12,411 tons (full load) . 1 boiler room, must have remained intact because it was reported that some telephones remained in service until the ship was abandoned. These hits were confined to the superstructure above the upper deck and to the hangar; however, this damage was negligible in comparison to the material damage caused by the detonation of the. In mid-July, she used her own eight-inch guns to bombard an iron plant at Kamaishi, Japan. USS Quincy sailed out of Belfast Lough, 20 May, for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland, to begin special training in shore bombardment. She completed three more reserve training cruises from 1 October to 20 December. projectiles. Following Operation Mainbrace which started 13 September, QUINCY arrived in Plymouth, England, on 26 September, but soon continued southbound arriving at Gibraltar 3 October. 4. 1, War Damage Report No. The intensely hot fragments from an H.E. VINCENNES, U.S.S. From 16 April, Quincy supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. 51. Following a Caribbean shakedown cruise and training in the North Atlantic, in May 1944 she reported to the 12th Fleet for service in European waters. 19) in this space was received on the starboard side in the First Lieutenant's Office. Each party existed without the knowledge of the other as they were separated by the intense fire raging on the well deck and the upper deck amidships. A hit (No. The fragment consisted of about half of the base ring into which the base plug screws. Over 1000 men were killed or lost at sea. paint locker and started a small fire. 1 below radio I in Captain's cabin (Hit No. 32. After a fourteen day Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived at Greenock, Scotland. These explosions and fires completely devastated this area, and after the action only No. President Roosevelt received Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 14 February. 3 fireroom had to be abandoned. 26 and 28, respectively) which were reported to have exploded the ready-service boxes starting intense fires. After receiving calls by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries, President Roosevelt departed Quincy and continued on to the Crimea by air to attend the Yalta Conference. After a shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, the new heavy cruiser was assigned, 27 March 1944, to Task Force 22 and trained in Casco Bay, Maine, until she steamed to Belfast, Northern Ireland, with TG 27.10, arriving 14 May and reporting to Commander, 12th Fleet for duty. Therefore it seems as though one of two events occurred: (a) A torpedo struck in way of this boiler room and detonated with a low order detonation. These 5" hits also cut all the fire mains forward of bulkhead 103, leaving only CO2 fire extinguishers, bucket brigades and "handy billies" with which to attempt to control the intense fires raging amidships. USSQuincywas stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. U.S.S. 1. Despite the fact that one was fired from about 17,000 yards and the other from about 3,000 yards, neither one of these penetrated the barbette or put the turret out of action. The Quincy-built ship was commissioned in 1949. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. After another set of fleet exercises, QUINCY arrived at Marseille, France on 20 December. Vincennes (CA44). 73. HullNumber.com does not share your information. I turret was flooded to prevent an explosion which might have resulted from the fires in the near vicinity of this magazine. (a) C.O. 15 and No. Flame and smoke made sky aft and control aft untenable. While in this turn, one torpedo hit (possibly two) was received probably from the submarine which was reported fired on by gun No. Numerous hits were received in the vicinity above radio II. The crew was about to abandon ship when all at once the enemy extinguished searchlights and ceased firing. QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Photos. Eight-inch A.P. 14. Fragments from hits received in this vicinity damaged the ladders leading to and from the bridge, but not sufficiently to prevent the crew from escaping. The 5" magazines were not flooded probably because the valves to the sea floods were inaccessible. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit. No hits were received in the after engine room. The difference in performance is attributed to the following: (a) Class "B" armor does not have the hard surface which tends to break up all except unusually high quality A.P. Two minutes later No. From an analysis of the damage it appears that 8" A.P. The clipping room to the forward 1.1" battery was struck (Hit No. 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. QUINCY received at least 36 known hits as well as two torpedo hits on the port side, one in way of No. 5" projectiles. The explosion of ready-service ammunition and other hits early in the action decommissioned the secondary battery. After receiving calls by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries, President Roosevelt departed QUINCY and continued on to the Crimea by air. The new year saw the ship visiting Cannes, France; Valenica, Spain and Oran, Algeria, before the QUINCY returned to Norfolk. room about frame 45. About 0206 director II was hit and put out of action. Both the port and starboard catapult towers were struck by 5" projectiles (Hits Nos. 34) entered the port after corner close to the barbette of turret III and detonated damaging the work bench, test instruments and TAQ transmitter. While in the beginning of this turn QUINCY was struck on the port side by two torpedoes, probably from a submarine, one in way of firerooms III and IV and the other just forward of the I.C. Following a presidential conference with the American ambassadors to Great Britain, France, and Italy, the cruiser steamed for the United States, arriving Newport News, Va. 27 February. The Commanding Officer and the Senior Surviving Officer of ASTORIA and QUINCY, respectively, recommended the reduction of ready-service ammunition, apparently based on their experiences as mentioned in paragraphs 25 and 45. The main battery control aft was struck at least once destroying this station. QUINCY decommissioned 19 October 1946 in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. She was assigned to the Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952, when she recommissioned. The fact that these projectiles usually detonated upon contact or just after penetrating the skin indicates that quite probably they were 5" H.E. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. Electrically driven fire pumps were chosen instead of diesel-driven pumps because of the greater diversity and distribution of auxiliary electrical power on these new cruisers. 20). Quincy (CA39) Her float plane artillery observer pilots were temporarily assigned to VOS-7 flying Spitfires from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). In ASTORIA action, it is interesting to note the effect of 8" A.P. 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. A shell hit (No. 4 fireroom were accessible at this time. The turret was completely gutted and left burning like a torch. Ammunition hoists to secondary battery were put out of operation by either direct hits or fragments. She returned to Newfoundland with a convoy on 31 October. 0 users currently logged in and 68 visitors active. QUINCY served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task groups ranging off the coastline of Korea 25 July 1953 through 1 December 1953. Fragments from the hit also severed steering leads which resulted in the loss of steering control. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the 3rd U.S. Army. Navy Department. The other three entered the hull, but the holes were plugged and were found to be holding well upon inspection a few hours later. AS-18 Crew Roster . For ship's logs and personnel records, see the Reference Page. She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily, 16 July, arriving two days later. 2 mess hall were hit repeatedly, apparently the same hits mentioned in the preceding paragraph. 43. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, inspected the ships company in Belfast Lough 15 May 1944. The hazard, therefore, is one of a violent powder fire which may spread, which is difficult to extinguish and rather hazardous to attempt to approach too closely. VINCENNES, U.S.S. Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. From 16 April QUINCY supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. I was struck at least twice, first in the barbette (Hit No. At 0155, as enemy searchlights were trained on QUINCY from abaft her port beam, the main battery was trained out and commenced firing. USS Quincy sailed out of Hampton Roads 5 March 1945, arriving Pearl Harbor 20 March. 38. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. Plate III shows the paths and damage resulting from 35 of the most important of these hits. Hits were received from automatic A.A. weapons. All lighting and communications were destroyed. Naval Drydock, South Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 December 1943, with Captain Elliot M. Senn in command.[1]. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. 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