Turret III was hit three or more times on the side and on the face plate by minor caliber hits which either did not penetrate or did not detonate (Hits Nos. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. Cincpac directed, however, that Commanding Officers, at their own discretion, have the planes flown off or dropped overboard if action appears imminent. The next Japanese 8" salvo hit amidships setting afire the boats on the boat deck and the three planes in the hangar. 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. The mainmast is in the process of being redesigned. ASTORIA, plus two destroyers on the night of August 8-9, 1942 comprised Task Group 62.3. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Two days later, she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltse's Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force. Each Aug. 9, Navy veteran Dan Galvin honors 389 shipmates who lost their lives when Japanese warships sank the USS Quincy at Guadalcanal on Aug. 9, 1942, by reading their names from his front . Nearly all of the fire main risers were cut by either direct hits or fragments. This brought the stern of ASTORIA through the enemy's line of fire resulting in hits on the starboard side from the foremast aft. She also neutralized and destroyed heavy, long range enemy batteries, supported minesweepers operating under enemy fire, engaged enemy batteries that were firing on the crews of the ships USS Corry (DD-463) and Glennon (DD-620) during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines and participated in the reduction of the town of Quinville on 12 June.[1]. 3 and No. About this time ASTORIA had a near collision with the blazing QUINCY which was on an opposite course. 1, were completely out of commission due to direct hits and to the fire amidships on the upper deck. (c) "Required combustible materials should be well separated.". Before dawn on 14 May, the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane. S93/S88/S29/S3-1, Serial (01324A) dated Sept. 26, 1942 - (Type directive for improvement of offensive qualities of cruisers). 61. On Plate V these are Hits Nos. Add yours! CA-39 General Specifications. 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. 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 . About this time the stern group flooded the after 8" magazine. 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. 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. U.S.S. The galley just forward of the well deck was hit from both starboard and port sides (Hits Nos. Samuel Moore Class of 1913. QUINCY joined the Support Force, 23 August; and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. medium steel angle which joined together the face plate and the side plate. She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October, when she got underway for training in Casco Bay. 1 in warrant officers' country (Hit No. The five airplanes on each ship except QUINCY had been drained of all gasoline. 4 fireroom were accessible at this time. A fire was started in the upper powder handling room, but the turret sprinkling system was turned on and prevented a serious fire or explosion. She then steamed to Malta via the Straits of Messina. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Letter From President Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud, April 5, 1945, "Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Volume VIII - Office of the Historian", "The first time a U.S. president met a Saudi king", "FDR meets with Saudi king, Feb. 14, 1945", https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/books/2018/01/28/last-100-days-book/15390827007/, Interview with Ambassador Bob Jordan, 2002, Ibn Saud greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt on USS Quincy in the Suez Canal, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Quincy_(CA-71)&oldid=1132020639, Stern hangar for 4 aircraft(wings folded), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 22:08. 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In the case of ASTORIA, although damaged very extensively, it is possible that the ship might have been saved if the fires could have been brought under control before they reached the ammunition in the 5" hoists. Both engine rooms and No. The fires which resulted, however, effectively prevented control of damage. Upon her arrival back in the United States,Quincywas transferred to the Pacific, where she escorted the fast carriers as they conducted air strikes on targets in the Ryukyus and the Japanese Home Islands during the last five months of World War II. The Commanding Officer then gave orders to abandon ship. 24. 2 fireroom. At 0215 when the enemy had ceased firing, the after engine room was abandoned due to intense smoke. For example, reference (e) is a directive issued by Comcrupac for the removal of many items of an inflammable nature aboard cruisers as well as emphasizing the necessity for early accomplishment of alterations listed in paragraph 6. 3 and No. 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. While she was in this swing, she was raked fore and aft by large and small caliber hits. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. The boats and the 20mm clipping room were set on fire by Hit No. 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. 20. 3 fireroom; however, the destruction of the blowers by Hits Nos. 5) and two in the barbette (Hits Nos. From 14 February, President Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, known in the West as Ibn Saud, met aboard Quincy. 4 and No. 94. The Bureau of Ordnance has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Quincy (CA 71). The ship kept turning in a large circle to the right until power was lost at 0215. From 0200 to 0206 ASTORIA was under an extremely heavy concentration of fire. 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. Two days later she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltses Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. 81. She was then assigned to TF 18 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Norman R. Scott, Commander, Cruisers. No hits were received in the after engine room. projectile inside a ship have few if any equals in setting fires within confined spaces. 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. Course was changed to the left and speed increased; however, at no time was it greater than 19.5 knots. It has been estimated that the average visibility was about 10,000 yards. She was the third ship to carry the name. 4 firerooms. 35) on the face plate which dislodged a large piece of armor. Topside personnel accounted, for the majority of the casualties. Two of the 5" projectiles (Nos. A projectile (Hit No. Looking for US Navy memorabilia? In 1995, to commemorate 50 years since the meeting occurred, thenU.S. 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. As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. This list is in development, so if you don't see the unit or vessel you're looking for, click on any unit name below and type in the correct unit/vessel name in the form page. 88. 80. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. Flame and smoke made sky aft and control aft untenable. Over 1000 men were killed or lost at sea. She was again decommissioned in July 1954 and spent nearly two decades in "mothballs" at Bremerton. 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. These hits cut fire main risers and started fires which filled the compartments with smoke. The flooding which resulted caused the ship to capsize 45 minutes later. At this time all turrets and secondary battery except turret III and gun No. The structural damage, though severe, was not of a serious nature except in the cases of the penetrative hit into No. A hit (No. No. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Quincy (CA 71), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry, My Uncle George Stone died on this ship in 1942. The President's senior aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin "Pa" Watson, who had been ailing, died aboard ship on 20 February. CA-39 Crew Roster . Her float plane artillery observer pilots were temporarily assigned to VOS-7 flying Spitfires from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). BUCHANAN came alongside to help fight the fire but the list had increased to such a point that the shell holes on the second deck, port side, were shipping water. 25) These minor caliber hits are estimated to have come from the 25mm batteries on the enemy vessels. USS Quincy (CA-39), Astoria (CA-34) and Vincennes (CA-44) War Damage Report No. About this time the ship received her first hit in the 1.1" mounts on the main deck aft. 13. In company with units of TF 58, QUINCY departed Ulithi 9 May for the area east of Kyushu, arriving 12 May for carrier strikes against Amami Gunto and Kyushu. 2 boiler were ruptured. 14). The forestay had been cut by a hit (No. Topside exposed personnel received the greatest number. (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. 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. [6] Quincy sits upright in roughly 2,000 feet (610m) of water. From 16 April, Quincy supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. Five-inch A.A. ammunition in the port passageway was set on fire by at least three hits (Nos. 85. About two 6-gun salvos had been fired to starboard by the forward two turrets when turret II was struck, probably by an 8" A.P. 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. After a fourteen day Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived at Greenock, Scotland. In a brief twenty-minute action we suffered the loss of three heavy cruisers. QUINCY (CA-71) U.S.S. The spotter was unable to clear this. This will be discussed in paragraph 90. References: USS Quincy (CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Name of the crew member ? Click here for a larger version of this plate. 40. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. U.S.S. The person's rank/rate ? These stays are located well clear of all batteries and fire control instruments. 19) in this space was received on the starboard side in the First Lieutenant's Office. Turrets I and II fared very little better as they were put out of action after firing only four salvos, two of which were to starboard. 30) on the well deck set the planes secured there on fire, sprayed gasoline on the well deck, the midship portion of the upper deck and the planes on the catapult. About a minute later, direct hits were received on sky aft and sky forward, blowing the after director overboard. Search for a command's Crew List| [4], On 28 July, Quincy sailed with TF 16 for Iceland on neutrality duty which included a patrol in the Denmark Straits from 2124 September. One 8" projectile set ready-service ammunition at gun No. 2, although not hit, was out of action because of the explosion and fire in turret II and the fire in forward 20mm clipping room. 8 on fire and knocked out No. Later, a projectile (Hit. She served alongside German heavy cruisers at Mlaga to evacuate their respective nationals out of Spain. The average range of these was about 5,000 yards. 0 users currently logged in and 68 visitors active. [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. 34 and 42) early in the action started fires in the cane fender stowage and the movie locker. Two hits (Nos. 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. Although not impossible this is an unusual occurrence. 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. Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. He reported that he noted fire and smoke in No. The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Armys assault at 1207. A little later BAGLEY came alongside the starboard bow and took off all survivors forward. 72. 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. 4 fireroom was reported by the Commanding Officer, in reference (d), to have been hit by a torpedo. 19) in the space immediately above. There was also a hit (No. There were light breezes from the southwest with a ceiling of about 1500 ft. Another hit (No. 5). Elliot M. Senn in command. About 0209, No. As a result of these explosions the hull must have been ruptured, as a port list gradually developed. The seriousness of the hits lay in the fires which they started. QUINCY and U.S.S. Back to the USS Quincy (CA 71) page|Crew List main page| this is my daddy's information. After a call at Alexandria and a final meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, QUINCY steamed for Algiers, arriving 18 February. The paint in this space had not been removed. room, which is also adjacent to No. Kerosene from the tank spread over the well deck and contributed to the intensity of a fire that was already burning furiously. In the interim, the long forestay from the stem to the foremast will be removed and short stays installed to give a larger factor of safety and reduce the whip. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. Two attempts were made, the latter successful. About 0202 the forward engine room was abandoned because a hit above this space filled the engine room with smoke. Turret II was struck (Hit No. The ship listed about 15 to port. Quincy's wreck was discovered and explored by Robert Ballard and his crew in July and August 1992. 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. Quincy transferred 19 August to TG 86.4, and until the 24th, engaged the heavy batteries at Toulon, St. Mandrier, and Cape Sicie. ASTORIA received at least 65 known hits. The heat from this fire forced the crew to abandon the after engine room. SAN FRANCISCO received two 14" projectile hits on the barbette of No. At 0700 HOPKINS came alongside and made arrangements for towing. VINCENNES received 57 known hits as well as one torpedo hit (possibly two) on the port side in way of the forward magazine group. Another projectile hit the barbette of turret No. that No. The planes in the hangar were set on fire, the bridge hit, 1.1" clipping room in the foremast hit, battle II hit, and turret III was hit and jammed in train. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns, may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." She also neutralized and destroyed heavy, long range enemy batteries, supported minesweepers operating under enemy fire, engaged enemy batteries that were firing on the crews of CORRY (DD 463) and GLENNON (DD 620) during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines, and participated in the reduction of the town of Quineville 12 June 1944. This resulted in the flooding of most of the second deck. [1], During the period 6 through 17 June, in conjunction with shore fire control parties and aircraft spotters, Quincy conducted highly accurate pinpoint firing against enemy mobile batteries and concentrations of tanks, trucks, and troops. The Chief of Naval Operations directs that this report be shown only to those persons to whom the report would be of value in the performance of their duties. Quincy's captain, Samuel N. Moore, gave the order to commence firing, but the gun crews were not ready. 46. Quincy passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on 26 July and arrived at Mlaga, Spain on 27 July to assume her duties. The ready-service boxes serving guns No. About 0900 WILSON came alongside and assisted in the fire fighting for one hour when both HOPKINS and WILSON were called away. 60. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. About the time turrets I and II were put out of action, director I was jammed in train. "Besides these effects the fires had the following concomitant effects: (a) Heat made control spaces physically untenable. as ST. PAUL 9 October 1941; renamed QUINCY 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second QUINCY at the Battle of Savo Island 9 August 1942; launched 23 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, a daughter of Charles Francis Adams, and commissioned at the U.S. Exposed powder was set on fire, apparently from hot fragments. At least 36 hits were received in the spaces discussed above. Two of these pumps, one forward and one aft, are being installed on light cruisers of the CL40 class. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 2. USS Quincy, a 13,600-ton Baltimore class heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. 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. Some of these are briefly discussed below. 1 fireroom is believed to have been hit by either a projectile or torpedo as there were no surviving personnel from this space. ; launched on 9 March 1944; co-sponsored by Mrs. Angelina Bertera and Miss Norma McCurley; and commissioned on 9 September 1944 at Boston, Mass., Capt. 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. USS Quincy was detached from European duty on 1 September, and steamed for Boston, arriving one week later. She spent the remainder of 1939 on patrol in the North Atlantic due to the outbreak of World War II. 32, USS Lexington CV2 War Damage Report No. She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. Quincy's captain ordered his cruiser to charge towards the eastern Japanese column, but as she turned to do so Quincy was hit by two torpedoes from Tenry, causing severe damage. USS Quincy (CA-71), a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. 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]. 47. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. Shortly thereafter the enemy searchlights were turned on this task group. 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. She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April. Some time during the action ASTORIA developed a 2-3 port list. 12. On the afternoon of 13 August, in company with four British cruisers, one French cruiser, and four American destroyers, QUINCY departed Malta for the landings on the southern coast of France, arriving Baie de Cavalaire 15 August. The carpenter shop just aft of the hangar was hit three or four times (Hits Nos. The intensely hot fragments from an H.E. In ASTORIA action, it is interesting to note the effect of 8" A.P. The third Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940, and laid down at the Fore River Shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, as St. Paul on 9 October 1941. The narrative attempted here appears to be the most plausible and probable one even though all the referenced accounts do not agree with it in all respects. Fragments from the hit also severed steering leads which resulted in the loss of steering control. 42. VINCENNES, U.S.S. The Commanding Officer or the Senior Surviving Officer in all three of these ships strongly recommended the removal of aircraft from cruisers. 1. 5) was received in the turret officer's booth putting this station out of action. The slow degree of flooding which was reported was more apt to have been the result of a projectile hit below the water line. The two agencies are in agreement that under certain conditions the impact of high velocity fragments is quite capable of igniting 5"/25 caliber charges stowed as in ready-service boxes. projectiles is definitely established in that the gunnery officer of ASTORIA found part of the base of an 8" A.P. [4], Quincy transited the Panama Canal on 13 January bound for Guantanamo Bay where she engaged in gunnery practice and amphibious exercises. E. Notes and Recommendations by Commanding Officers. In this category fall such items as fibrous glass for insulation and flame resistant compounds for treating fabrics. U.S.S. Heavy explosions were also felt overhead (apparently from Hits Nos. The flaming ships also presented perfect targets to the enemy submarine(s) operating in the near vicinity. room, diesel generator room, bomb stowage, and the 5" A.A. handling room were immediately flooded. U.S.S. USS QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Photos. Reference (a) also reported that "the explosion carried away the forced draft blower in No. This led to the gradual flooding of this fireroom. The decision has been made, however, by the Vice Chief of Naval Operations that, based on the needs of the service and the results of the tests conducted by the Bureau of Ordnance, the present policy with respect to ready-service is sound and provides adequate ready-service ammunition without excessive hazards. All Rights Reserved. The experiences of ASTORIA in comparison with the experiences of SAN FRANCISCO** afford an excellent contrast of the effectiveness of A.P. 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