Other hits received (Hits Nos. Eventually, the powder or the projectiles in the forward 5" magazine exploded, rupturing the hull. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. En route, Quincy safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. The increased draft and port list which resulted, brought the projectile holes in the skin of the ship below the water line. The experiences of ASTORIA in comparison with the experiences of SAN FRANCISCO** afford an excellent contrast of the effectiveness of A.P. 55. No hits were received in No. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. On Plate V these are Hits Nos. VINCENNES, U.S.S. This area was finally abandoned due to intense heat and smoke. About 0206 director II was hit and put out of action. The 5" magazines were not flooded probably because the valves to the sea floods were inaccessible. 24) Enroute, QUINCY safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. AR-6 Crew Roster . Course was changed to the left and speed increased; however, at no time was it greater than 19.5 knots. It then struck the fire control tube cutting the cables and setting them on fire. The mainmast is in the process of being redesigned. 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. 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. By about 0200 the port and starboard secondary batteries, except gun No. projectile in the forward messing compartment. Plate III shows the paths and damage resulting from 35 of the most important of these hits. 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Powell, USN, NH 80176 Destroyer Division Fifteen (DESDIV 15), NH 50709 View at Amoy, China taken from Kulangsoo, USS Perch (SS-313/SSP-313/APSS-313/LLPSS-313), 80-G-7861 USS Portland (CA-33) and USS San Francisco (CA-38), NH 107440 USS Thompson USS Davison USS Mervine USS Quick, 80-G-367853 Invasion of Southern France, August 1944, 80-G-368078 General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army, USA C-545 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, USA C-548 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, See More USS Quincy (CA-71) Related Content, See More USS Quinnebaug (ID# 1687) Related Content, NH 42543 U.S. From 15 March to 28 April, she engaged in important battle practice off Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet in Fleet Problem XIX. The shells in the fuse pot of gun No. Survivors from the forward part of the ship collected on the forecastle with the Commanding Officer in charge. Naval records from World War II. This blew a hole in the ship's side below the waterline. Attempts to extinguish fires failed as all fire main risers had been ruptured. I was hit (No. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This explosion rendered the forward control spaces untenable. With respect to improvement and augmentation of fire fighting facilities, the Bureau inaugurated and is executing an extensive program on both existing vessels and new construction. Rear Admiral Wiltse transferred his flag 17 September to VICKSBURG (CL 86), and 20 September QUINCY joined the 5th Fleet as a unit of the Eastern Japan Force, TF 53, basing in Tokyo Bay. About a minute later, direct hits were received on sky aft and sky forward, blowing the after director overboard. This reel was located near No. 87. 31, 32 and 33). 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. It also seems probable that one or more of the projectiles detonated with some degree of "low order" detonation as described above. 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,. When the conference was completed, she was the site of meetings between the President, King Farouk of Egypt, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethopia and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. 2 boiler room was structurally intact and that personnel escaped from the plotting room and central station which are located immediately forward of No. The layout of the Crew List can be adjusted to the existing site one's and your visitors will be able to quickly and securely contact old shipmates. There was also a hit (No. In the Pilot House itself the only person standing was the signalman at the wheel who was vainly endeavoring to check the ship's swing to starboard to bring her to port. Each ship was steaming on four boilers in two firerooms. 8. Excess equipment, paint on bulkheads, records, and so forth in officers' spaces and in ship's offices provided fuel for a fire which gradually worked downward exploding ammunition in the 5" hoists. 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. By 1210, as the salvage party abandoned ship, the port waterways of the main deck were awash. One 8" projectile set ready-service ammunition at gun No. She was sold to American Ship Dismantling Co., Portland Oregon on 1 September 1974 for $1,156,667.66. 27, USS Chincoteague AVP24 War Damage Report No. Structural damage to ASTORIA, although extensive, was not such that loss of the vessel was inevitable. This recommendation, which has been discussed in reference (e), has also been approved. 17. 47. Steering control was lost at this time - probably due to severing of the steering leads by a fragment from one of these hits. On BOISE, 6" Class "A" armor rejected 8" A.P. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. ASTORIA burned throughout the night, and, despite valiant fire fighting by her crew, sank the next day at noon. 20. Special incendiary projectiles may have been fired by the Japanese, but the burning "grape-nut" fragments referred to in paragraph 41 might have been fragments of explosive from a low-order detonation. Radio I was struck at least once (Hit No. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, inspected the ship's company in Belfast Lough 15 May 1944. These fires eventually necessitated the abandoning of the firerooms and engine rooms due to intense heat and dense smoke. QUINCY transferred 19 August to TG 86.4, and until the 24th engaged the heavy batteries at Toulon, St. Mandrier, and Cape Sicie. It is reported that the fire was put out by immersing the powder bags in the water tanks. At the same time, turret I was put out of action due to a fire in the upper powder room and a hit on the shell deck. projectiles is definitely established in that the gunnery officer of ASTORIA found part of the base of an 8" A.P. In a letter to Cincpac, the Bureau has designated an inflammable stowage which is well forward and below the waterline. I received three hits, one in the face plate (Hit No. U.S.S. 35) on the face plate which dislodged a large piece of armor. (c) Senior Surviving Officer, QUINCY ltr. Click here for a larger version of this plate. sufficiently to permit the bucket brigade to get the fires under control. 92. Rear Admiral Wiltse transferred his flag 17 September to Vicksburg (CL-86), and 20 September, Quincy joined the 5th Fleet as a unit of the Eastern Japan Force, TF 53, basing in Tokyo Bay. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. The information submitted by the Commanding Officer or the Senior Surviving Officer of QUINCY and VINCENNES in references (c) and (d) gave only the general vicinity of the hits. Quincy, along with sister ships USSAstoria(CA-34) and USSVincennes(CA-44), had seen aircraft flares dropped over other ships in the task force, and had just sounded general quarters and was coming alert when the searchlights from the Japanese column came on. The next Japanese 8" salvo hit amidships setting afire the boats on the boat deck and the three planes in the hangar. Turret No. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 8 on fire and knocked out No. 15. The President and his party returned 12 February and the next day received Farouk 1, King of Egypt, and Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. Probably the 2-3 port list which developed during the action was due to flooding of an off-center tank or compartment from an unreported underwater hit. This permits the fire main loop to be damaged in two or three places without loss of fire main pressure. Ambassador Ray Mabus unveiled a detailed model of the meeting on Quincy, paid for with private donations, and this model is still on display today at Quincy House.[8]. A powder fire was reported in this turret as a result of the hit in the barbette. 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. (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. 1 fireroom is believed to have been hit by either a projectile or torpedo as there were no surviving personnel from this space. I on the starboard side and jammed the turret in train. Try the Ship's Store. 52, 53 and 54) and fires were started in this compartment. Various risers are led to the upper decks from the fire main. 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 QUINCY and U.S.S. 61. All supports for the steam line in the after engine room had broken loose from the overhead apparently from the shock of projectiles which exploded above. 20) and an intense fire was started. Although not impossible this is an unusual occurrence. Decommissioned in 1946, the ship was placed in reserve at Bremerton, Wash. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the QUINCY was recommissioned in January 1952. I was struck at least twice, first in the barbette (Hit No. 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. The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Army's assault at 1207. 26 and 28, respectively) which were reported to have exploded the ready-service boxes starting intense fires. The person's command ? Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. ASTORIA ltr. 3 fireroom. About 0200, attempts were made to evade enemy fire by turning hard right. 18. 3 and No. [4], While on patrol in the channel between Florida Island and Savo Island, in the early hours of 9 August, Quincy was attacked by a large Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island.[4]. 61, USS Northampton CA26 War Damage Report No. Quincy's assistant gunnery officer, sent to the bridge to ask for instructions, reported on what he found: "When I reached the bridge level, I found it a shambles of dead bodies with only three or four people still standing. At 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated ASTORIA, the main battery was trained out and fire was opened immediately upon order of the gunnery officer. At least one projectile (Hit No. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. All control spaces in the foremast, except radio I, were struck at least once. 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. In a brief twenty-minute action we suffered the loss of three heavy cruisers. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. I, was also hit in the left range finder hood (Hit No. CA39/A16-3/(004)/(HMC) dated 16 August 1942 - (War Action Report). On questioning him I found out that the Captain, who at that time was laying [sic] near the wheel, had instructed him to beach the ship and he was trying to head for Savo Island, distant some four miles (6km) on the port quarter. The short time after the action until the ship capsized precluded any survey of damage. He also reported. 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. 32, USS Lexington CV2 War Damage Report No. 59. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St. Paul on 9 October 1941; renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second Quincy at the Battle of Savo . projectile (Hit No. Cerney & Rothblatt, I'm writing for my father, Ralph J. Smith, who passed away 8 years ago. Numerous hits were received in the vicinity above radio II. Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. There are various cross connections between the loop. Between 27 July and 13 August the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. During this turn, planes on the well deck were set on fire and the ship was repeatedly hit throughout her whole length while unable to bring her guns to bear on the enemy. 78. Two days later, she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltse's Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force. Therefore, important control spaces and areas within the vicinity will be listed with a description of the damage resulting to that station or space. QUINCY stood out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. Both the port and starboard catapult towers were struck by 5" projectiles (Hits Nos. 42 set films in the movie lockers on fire. (a) C.O. 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