He also reported. The ship listed about 15 to port. President Roosevelt and his party embarked in QUINCY 23 January 1945 at Newport News, Va. for passage to Malta, arriving 2 February. Ammunition within exploded with such violence that the Commanding Officer ASTORIA reported in reference (a) that "QUINCY had blown up". Bureau of Ships Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. CA-71 General Specifications. 7. It will be placed about ten feet forward of the present mast and will be designed to carry radar antennas. No. Attempts to extinguish fires failed as all fire main risers had been ruptured. One torpedo probably struck under the sick bay in way of the lower handling room of No. The most extensive and serious damage came while QUINCY began to make her turn to starboard. Radio I was struck at least once (Hit No. The Commanding Officer then gave orders to abandon ship. 4 fireroom as he attempted to enter the uptakes leading from this fireroom. Following fitting out, QUINCY departed Bremerton for the short trip to Bangor, Wash., for ammunition onload in early May. (b) "There should be a hand-operated fuel oil service pump located in each fireroom.". 1 in the Marine compartment (Hit No. The ready-service boxes serving guns No. Two hits (Nos. 8) was received on top of the turret but did not penetrate. Both engine rooms were intact. 20) and an intense fire was started. 88. References: Her own aircraft strafed targets in Omonawa on Tokune Shima 19 May. The shells in the fuse pot of gun No. 3 fireroom. Topside exposed personnel received the greatest number. 35 and 39) passed through the laundry and detonated in the uptakes. After the action, the heat from the fires on the wardroom exploded ammunition in the hoists. This action emphasizes again the absolute necessity of permanently removing inflammables and leaving ashore clothes, records, paint, and other materials that are not essential for the war-time operation of the ship. The new year saw the ship visiting Cannes, France; Valenica, Spain and Oran, Algeria, before the QUINCY returned to Norfolk. 3. Robert E. Powers aka Rep is my grandfather and was on the USS QUINCY CA-71 during the Korean War as a Radar man 2nd class. It will thus make the immediate vicinity temporarily untenable. 29, Destroyer Report - Gunfire, Bomb and Kamikaze Damage, Destroyer Report - Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action, Submarine Report - Vol. Soon after being assigned to Cruiser Division 8 (CruDiv8), Atlantic Fleet, Quincy was ordered to Mediterranean waters on 20 July 1936, to protect American interests in Spain during the height of the Spanish Civil War. It appears improbable that this hole resulted from the detonation of the 8" projectile because the average enemy 8" projectile traveled about 60 feet from point of impact to point of detonation whereas the distance from the hole in the splinter shield to the hole in the upper deck adjacent to the ready-service boxes was only 22 feet. 1 fireroom was put out of action at this time. The average range of these was about 5,000 yards. During June 1944,Quincyprovided gunfire support for the Normandy Invasion and bombarded German positions around Cherbourg, France. Add yours! Undoubtedly, there were many other hits in these and other spaces which were not reported. After fitting out at Boston for a Presidential cruise, QUINCY steamed for Hampton Roads, Va. 16 November. The Bureau of Ordnance tests indicate that detonation of 5"/25 caliber A.A. common projectiles en masse is not to be expected. While in this turn, the left side range finder hoods of turrets I and II were struck. She was assigned to the Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952, when she recommissioned to serve in the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces in Korea. 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. These fires were never brought under control. Numerous hits on the main and second deck amidships started fires which soon resulted in the ship becoming a blazing inferno from turret II to the after bulkhead of the hangar. I'm doing this for my father who's not so computer savvy but he's love to get in contact with his mates from the Quincy CA71. USS Quincy (CA 71) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Quincy (CA 71). If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. HullNumber.com. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. Some of the ammunition in the box was ignited as the result of direct impact by the 8" projectile. 23. Dense smoke and fires cut off fore-and-aft passage on the second deck. 45) entered the forward mess hall but did not explode. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. This projectile probably detonated in the gun chamber where exposed projectiles were, in turn, detonated and powder was set on fire. 70. 76. She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bone in the Marseilles area. QUINCY and U.S.S. 47. Later, she operated with Yorktown and TF 28 until sailing for home on 14 July. It is reported that the fire was put out by immersing the powder bags in the water tanks. She made one Western Pacific deployment, arriving in July 1953, just as the conflict was negotiated to an end, and remained in Asiatic waters until December. 57, Wartime Diversion of US Navy Forces in Response to Public Demands for Augmented Coastal Defense-CNA, Wartime Instructions for United States Merchant Vessels 1942, Washington Navy Yard: History of the Naval Gun Factory, 1883-1939, Washington Navy Yard - Pay Roll of Mechanics and Labourers, c1819-1820, WAVE QUARTERS D STATION RULES FOR LIFE AT D, [UPDATED] Washington Navy Yard Station Log November 1822 - December 1889, The Story Behind Names of Different Ranks, History of Warrant Officers in the US Navy, Women's Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1918, Women's Winter Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1919, World War I British and German Naval Messages (1918), World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 Interrogation of Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmetzer, Deck plans of ASTORIA showing hits and locations of fires, Outboard profile of VINCENNES showing hits. Over 1000 men were killed or lost at sea. 25) The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Army's assault at 1207. 80. This blew a hole in the ship's side below the waterline. USS QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Photos. 3 blower serving No. One or two 9-gun salvos were fired when QUINCY's course was changed to the right, bringing her stern through the enemy's fire. 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. She was the third ship to carry the name. 42 set films in the movie lockers on fire. 38, USS North Carolina BB55 War Damage Report No. 52, 53 and 54) and fires were started in this compartment. From 16 April, Quincy supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. These produced intense fires in the bedding, papers and clothing. The deck in sick bay was reported ruptured and blown upward. The approximate locations of these hits are shown on Plate II. Shortly thereafter the enemy searchlights were turned on this task group. This resulted in the flooding of most of the second deck. 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. 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. 53. projectiles. 1 fireroom and of those hits on the turrets and on the fire-room and engine room blowers. The museum welcome visitors for tours on seasonal weekends. 73. Cerney & Rothblatt, I'm writing for my father, Ralph J. Smith, who passed away 8 years ago. CA39/A16-3/(004)/(HMC) dated 16 August 1942 - (War Action Report). Please send. 11). VINCENNES ltr. USS Quincy (CA-39) Quincy (CA-39) was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., 15 November 1933; launched 19 June 1935; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan,. The spotter was unable to clear this. 58. He was unable to take the fragment with him when he abandoned ship. This fire was not extinguished. 48, USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. The exact locations of these hits are, of course, unknown, but it appears from the damage reported that one struck on the port side about frame 45 and the other struck on the port side about frame 74. The intensely hot fragments from an H.E. (b) Or an 8" projectile, which was short in range, penetrated the skin and inner hull below the water line, probably detonating upon penetrating the inner hull, killing all personnel and rupturing the hull sufficiently to permit rapid flooding. Of the superstructure, the bridge is heavily damaged but intact, both funnels are missing, and the float plane hangar completely collapsed. The sixth 8" salvo hit the face plate and barbette of turret I putting it out of action and killing the personnel within the turret and the barbette. The detonation and ignition by fragments of 5" ammunition will be discussed further in paragraph 89. The turret was completely gutted and left burning like a torch. 18. Complement: 807 officers and enlisted Displacement: 9375 tons Length: 588 feet 2 inches Beam: 61 feet 10 inches Draft: 19 feet 5 in Flank Speed: 32 kn E. Notes and Recommendations by Commanding Officers. The Allied forces, U.S. and Australia, lost 3 heavy cruisers (USS Quincy, USS Vincennes, HMAS Canberra) and 1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroyers badly damaged. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. The President and his party returned to Quincy on 12 February, following the Yalta Conference with Soviet leader Josef Stalin and Churchill, and the next day received King Farouk of Egypt and Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. The action sharply emphasized the necessity for providing equipment which is reliable and adequate for the control of the major conflagrations resulting from present day naval warfare. From then until 0200 the enemy was hitting with large and small caliber projectiles with increasing rapidity. Early in the action, battle II and the main battery control aft were rendered untenable due to the flame and smoke from the boat deck where the boats and the 20mm clipping room burned fiercely. At least 57 hits were received in the spaces discussed above. Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 CA-39 USS Quincy. Fires from the hangar and the boat deck necessitated the abandoning of this space early in the action. The fragment consisted of about half of the base ring into which the base plug screws. 2 fireroom rendered the blower inoperable. 7) probably near the top of the barbette. Guns No. This rendered the ship incapable of fighting the fires except by a few CO2 extinguishers which were soon exhausted. VINCENNES, U.S.S. 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 departed Portland 24 June for Cherbourg, France. 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. II turret about frame 38. [4], Prior to the Marine assault on Guadalcanal on 7 August, Quincy destroyed several Japanese installations and an oil depot during her bombardment of Lunga Point. The hit on the face plate of turret I made a clean hole 11 inches in diameter through the 8" class "B" face plate and the 51 lb. Hits were received from automatic A.A. weapons. 6 and No. 21. The carpenter shop just aft of the hangar was hit three or four times (Hits Nos. A hit (No. 27, USS Chincoteague AVP24 War Damage Report No. (b)The projectiles used against BOISE had a flat nose with a windshield. 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. The Commanding Officer reported that a torpedo struck in way of this compartment. [6] Quincy sits upright in roughly 2,000 feet (610m) of water. special treatment steel) passed down into No. CA-39 General Specifications. 36) received by the ship was in mount No. DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. The increased draft and port list which resulted, brought the projectile holes in the skin of the ship below the water line. Many 5" hits were also sustained in the wardroom country. As a result, there is a great deal of information which, naturally, is contradictory in many instances. would like to know if anyone knows the whereabouts of Emory Panza RT2c. 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