The times and even the sequence of events differ to such an extent in the various reports that it has been impossible to construct an account in which all the details agree with the basic elements. QUINCY and U.S.S. 29). 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. I received three hits, one in the face plate (Hit No. 15 and No. The forestay had been cut by a hit (No. 15) and the ammunition set on fire. Two of these pumps, one forward and one aft, are being installed on light cruisers of the CL40 class. The seriousness of the hits lay in the fires which they started. projectiles upon class "B" armor. [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. 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 Renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942, to perpetuate that name, after the destruction of the second Quincy(CA-39) at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. In accordance with reference (e), a vertical loop fire main in the forward and after living spaces, separated by at least one deck is being installed in all heavy cruisers in commission. I am just guessing. 70. 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. Main battery control forward was hit by a projectile which did not detonate. 3 fireroom; however, the destruction of the blowers by Hits Nos. 20. The stay at home was short and the ship was called to duty to serve in the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces in Korea. 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. room about frame 45. on the port catapult was set afire and shortly thereafter, was knocked off the catapult inboard onto the well deck by a hit from port (Hit No. QUINCY, based at Palermo through 26 July, conducted shore bombardment practice at Camarota in the Gulf of Policastro. She then steamed to Malta via the Straits of Messina. This blower was probably destroyed by fragments from the detonation of one or more of these ready-service projectiles. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the 3rd U.S. Army. This is unfortunate in that the highly inflammable airplanes were in the hangar and on the well deck. She spent the remainder of 1939 on patrol in the North Atlantic due to the outbreak of World War II. 1 in the Marine compartment (Hit No. Kerosene from the tank spread over the well deck and contributed to the intensity of a fire that was already burning furiously. 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. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. Preliminary Design Branch Between 27 July and 13 August, the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. QUINCY (CA-71) U.S.S. After fitting out at Boston for a Presidential cruise, Quincy steamed for Hampton Roads, Virginia, 16 November. [4], Quincy transited the Panama Canal on 13 January bound for Guantanamo Bay where she engaged in gunnery practice and amphibious exercises. She again decommissioned 2 July 1954, at Bremerton.[1]. Numerous hits were received in both the port and starboard batteries early in the action. 3 and No. 82. 49. No fragments entered into the turret. After shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, the new 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. According to reference (d), this was accomplished a few minutes after the torpedo hit in way of No. After stops in Oakland, Calif., and San Diego, Calif., QUINCY passed the Panama Canal in June and continued to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for six weeks of shakedown training. Crew's quarters abaft No. During this period the bridge was hit again killing most of the personnel, including the Commanding Officer. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? Structural damage to ASTORIA, although extensive, was not such that loss of the vessel was inevitable. 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. ASTORIA ltr. 9) 6) A minute later the first enemy salvo struck, hitting the bridge, the carpenter shop, the hangar, battle II and the antenna trunk. 23. This torpedo hit probably resulted in the flooding of all of the magazines on the second platform deck between frames 30 and 45 and the crew's spaces on the first platform between frames 30 and 40. Enroute, QUINCY safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. USSQuincy, a 13,600-tonBaltimoreclass heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. Search for a command's Crew List| This space was flooded to the floor plates in a period of seven minutes. 2 mess hall by one or more direct hits (Hit No. A hit (No. 66. This group passed through the southern corner of this square at 0130 and took course 345 true, speed 10 knots. Quincy sat in the reserve fleet at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until she was stricken on 1 October 1973. 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. 24) The hits mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, as well as others, caused the ship to become a raging inferno from the foremast to the after bulkhead of the hangar. "Besides these effects the fires had the following concomitant effects: (a) Heat made control spaces physically untenable. 28, USS Princeton CVL23 War Damage Report No. 86. He was unable to take the fragment with him when he abandoned ship. The ship was listing rapidly to port, water was coming over the upper deck to port, and fires were blazing intermittently throughout the whole length of the ship. 11). She was again decommissioned in July 1954 and spent nearly two decades in "mothballs" at Bremerton. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. No. 46. A fire was started in the flag bags immediately behind the bridge, probably from hot fragments. Ammunition hoists to secondary battery were put out of operation by either direct hits or fragments. QUINCY joined the Support Force, 23 August; and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. It then struck the fire control tube cutting the cables and setting them on fire. Home; About HullNumber; Before you Register; Tell a Shipmate . She was the only one of her class to retain her Bofors 40 mm gun mounts instead of receiving the newer 3/50 mounts. About 0300, when smoke was reaching down into the lower deck spaces, the small arms magazine and one group of forward 8" magazines were flooded. As nearly as can be determined, this occurred between 0235 and 0240. 61. 3 and 4), which put this turret out of action. 34 and 37) exploded ammunition in ready-service lockers and set fire to the cane fenders stowed aft of the searchlight platform. Between 27 July and 13 August the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. Most of these hits, probably 5", detonated in the above spaces starting large fires which were never brought under control, partially because existing fire fighting facilities had been destroyed and partially because such facilities were inadequate. AS-18 Crew Roster . Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. VINCENNES, U.S.S. Undoubtedly, there were many other hits in these and other spaces which were not reported. 2 or more in navigator's stateroom (Hits Nos. The forward 5" magazines were not flooded apparently because the hand operating station on the second platform deck could not be reached and power was not available for operation of the electrical controls on the second deck. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore -class of the United States Navy. 20) penetrated the second deck amidships (90 lb. No hits were received in the after engine room. 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. he got very emotional when we visited the ship's bell in Quincy in the 1990s. 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. 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. Battle II was struck at least once (Hit No. The spotter was unable to clear this. Further, this projectile is believed to have ranged upward and overboard after striking the ready-service locker. Both engine rooms and No. Another projectile hit the barbette of turret No. 0 users currently logged in and 68 visitors active. This was my father who passed away in 2008. 15. 47, USS Enterprise CV6 War History 1941 - 1945, USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report No. 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. This fireroom was then secured and later abandoned. HullNumber.com does not share your information. 33. A second hit (possibly No. She was sold to American Ship Dismantling Co., Portland Oregon on 1 September 1974 for $1,156,667.66. The fragment consisted of about half of the base ring into which the base plug screws. projectiles. 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. Shortly thereafter the enemy searchlights were turned on this task group. A hit (No. U.S.S. The use of 8" A.P. Turret No. 53. 14. USS Quincy sailed out of Hampton Roads 5 March 1945, arriving Pearl Harbor 20 March. HullNumber.com does not share your information. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns, may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." special treatment steel splinter shield around No. The Commanding Officer immediately ordered bridge and foretop abandoned as 1.1" ammunition in the clipping room above the bridge was exploding, endangering surviving personnel. 71. 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. Damage to QUINCY and VINCENNES was so extensive that loss of the vessels was inevitable. All three of these turrets undoubtedly suffered other minor caliber hits which did not penetrate. This recommendation has been approved by the Bureau. She returned to Newfoundland with a convoy on 31 October. 1 fireroom early in the action as a result of a hit (No. Survivors from the forward part of the ship collected on the forecastle with the Commanding Officer in charge. 35. It will thus make the immediate vicinity temporarily untenable. 1 fireroom and of those hits on the turrets and on the fire-room and engine room blowers. USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 Loss in Action, U.S.S. Heavy clouds surrounded Savo Island and the Guadalcanal area. 19) in the space immediately above. The 8" magazines were completely flooded. QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Roster U.S.S. Fires were started in the carpenter shop and the airplanes in the hangar. During the period of replenishment and upkeep at Leyte in the Philippines, Rear Admiral Wiltse, ComCruDiv 10 transferred to Quincy. After the transfer of the wounded, plans were made for salvaging the vessel. 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The CA68 class are better in this respect than the CL55 class, so that, on this latter class, there are also installed two 60 kw emergency diesel generators for use with the casualty power system. 26. 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 . Guns No. Before contacting the Reference Staff, please read through these questions and answers first. This storeroom will carry paint, grease, alcohol and lubricating oil. In accordance with this and recommendations from more recent actions, the long forestay and afterstay are to be removed from the existing heavy cruisers of the SAN FRANCISCO (QUINCY) class as opportunity permits. After receiving calls by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries, President Roosevelt departed QUINCY and continued on to the Crimea by air. 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. QUINCY stood out of Hampton Roads 5 March 1945, arriving Pearl Harbor the 20th. The fire in the cane fenders was very intense and could not be extinguished. (a) C.O. She returned to the U.S. shortly thereafter. 11 and 23) Many 8" and 5" hits were received forward on the upper, main and second decks: 3 or 4 in forecastle (Hits Nos. 1 in warrant officers' country (Hit No. USS Quincy (CA-39), Astoria (CA-34) and Vincennes (CA-44) War Damage Report No. (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. Reference (a) also reported that "the explosion carried away the forced draft blower in No. USS Quincy No hits were received in either engine room. In January and February 1945,Quincytransported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party most of the way to and from the Yalta Conference. This will be discussed in paragraph 90. Navy Department. U.S.S. Find Your Shipmates . In regard to the incident discussed on ASTORIA in paragraph 25, it appears probable that the 5"/25 caliber ammunition charges were ignited by direct impact of the 8" projectile. Various risers are led to the upper decks from the fire main. that No. Other sources have also made this same recommendation in order to reduce fire and explosion hazards. 23), cutting off the cartridge case bases and causing them to burn like "Roman Candles". [4], Quincy sailed for San Diego on 5 June via the Panama Canal and arrived on 19 June. 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. 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. She departed Portland 24 June for Cherbourg, France. The hangar curtain had been previously removed because of blast damage received during the bombardment the preceding day. From 16 April, Quincy supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. The Bureau is assisting in the program by the development of new non-inflammable materials and authorizing the replacement of inflammable materials with new materials. Men manning the secondary battery and antiaircraft stations on the foremast suffered especially heavy casualties due to fragments from 5" projectiles. Numerous 8", 5" and 25mm hits were received by each ship; the exact number is unknown. 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,. At that instant the Captain straightened up and fell back, apparently dead, without having uttered any sound other than a moan."[5]. projectiles. This area was finally abandoned due to intense heat and smoke. Undoubtedly, the I.C. A large fire was started early in the action in No. Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. The flaming ships also presented perfect targets to the enemy submarine(s) operating in the near vicinity. The cruisers of this task group, in a column led by VINCENNES,. Hits were received from automatic A.A. weapons. I was hit (No. 76. 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. 12. Personnel casualties were heavy during the twenty-minute action. USS QUINCY (CA 39) History View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website. 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. Although not reported, it appears as though a hit was received in the forward engine room because the exhaust steam line carried away and a flange on main steam line began leaking badly. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. 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It is not possible for any lightly protected vessel to absorb such punishment and survive. He unfortunately passed away in 2005 in San Diego, CA. From an analysis of the damage it appears that 8" A.P. II turret. The increased draft and port list which resulted, brought the projectile holes in the skin of the ship below the water line. The President's senior aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin "Pa" Watson, who had been ailing, died aboard ship on 20 February. At least one projectile (Hit No. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 2 boiler room was structurally intact and that personnel escaped from the plotting room and central station which are located immediately forward of No. From there the heat of the fire eventually reached and exploded the unflooded 5" magazine. medium steel angle which joined together the face plate and the side plate. 5). Shortly after the Japanese force had checked their fire and began their withdrawal, USS Quincy sank bow-first at this location at 0238hrs on August 9th, 1942, taking 370 of her crew with her to the bottom. 25. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. Besides the damage from the projectiles, two torpedo hits were received. In a brief twenty-minute action we suffered the loss of three heavy cruisers. A short time later the other forward 8" magazine was flooded. 64. There was one plane on each catapult, one on the well deck and two in the hangar. 65. 22 and 26) Another hit (No. The Bureau of Ordnance has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. 3 blower leading into the No. 20). 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]. This brought the stern of ASTORIA through the enemy's line of fire resulting in hits on the starboard side from the foremast aft. Ammunition within exploded with such violence that the Commanding Officer ASTORIA reported in reference (a) that "QUINCY had blown up". 50. These explosions either ruptured the hull or opened seams, which permitted water to enter causing the ship to list to port. On Plate V these are Hits Nos. 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. Another hit (No. It is improbable that this resulted from the shock of the torpedo hit forward. 16. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. While in this turn, the left side range finder hoods of turrets I and II were struck. 28 and 36, respectively). USS Quincy(CA-39) in New York harbour on 23 May 1942 History United States Name Quincy Namesake City of Quincy, Massachusetts Ordered 13 February 1929 Awarded 9 January 1933 Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts Cost $8,196,000 (contract price) Laid down 15 November 1933 Launched 19 June 1935 In addition to DesRon 23's Presidential Unit Citation, Spence earned 8 battle stars. President Roosevelt received Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 14 February. Cerney & Rothblatt, I'm writing for my father, Ralph J. Smith, who passed away 8 years ago. 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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. Finally decommissioned on July 2, 1954, the ship was stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1973, and sold for scrapping in August 1974. At 0208 course was changed to the left and the stern was again brought through the enemy's fire. The I.C. 3 set the hawser reel on fire. These fires were never brought under control. projectiles, that is, of a type with an unusually light case as compared with 5" A.A. common. 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. The Senior Surviving Officer, in reference (c), reported that "in the vicinity of these hits small granular particles of incendiary material were noted. At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. 34 and 42) early in the action started fires in the cane fender stowage and the movie locker. 5. Each ship was steaming on four boilers in two firerooms. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Class: Baltimore-class heavy cruiser Named for: Quincy Complement: 1142 Officers and Enlisted Displacement: 13600 tons Length: 673 feet 5 inches Beam: 70 feet 10 inches Flank Speed: 33 knots Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1974 The bridge was struck at least twice, once early in the action (Hit No. 1 user currently logged in and 60 visitors active. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 84. The night was dark and overcast with occasional light mists of rain. After port visits in Sicily and La Spezia, Italy, QUINCY participated in Operation Longstep in the first half of November, followed by port visits to Izmir, Turkey and Salonika, Greece. This blew a hole in the ship's side below the waterline. USS Quincy honors the past crews of the ships that bore this name, the people/Veterans from communities named Quincy and President. 2 ready-service locker, and it appears that it contributed to the explosion of this ammunition. The after bulkhead of the fireroom was apparently weakened by the torpedo explosion in way of No. 2 fireroom rendered the blower inoperable. Her loss was widely mourned and for the 1983 Little Beavers reunion, when Bath Iron Works wanted to present a model to Adm. Burke and asked shipmates which ship it should be, Spence was the answer. 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. projectile (Hit No. 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. USS Quincy (CA 39) From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall. They were still able to fire in local control. 1 boiler room it appears as though this compartment was struck by either a torpedo or an 8" projectile. These explosions and fires completely devastated this area, and after the action only No. Posted this on Nov2016, I am posting the letters from my father, Clark "Buss" Gerdes, to my mother during his tour of duty aboard the USS Quincy in 1952. Many casualties were sustained by this repair party. About a minute later, direct hits were received on sky aft and sky forward, blowing the after director overboard. USS Astoria (CA 34) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Astoria (CA 34). USS QUINCY was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. The most extensive and serious damage was apparently done by the first few 8" salvos from the heavy cruisers. [7] Following a presidential conference with the American ambassadors to Great Britain, France and Italy, the cruiser steamed for the United States, arriving at Newport News on 27 February. 48. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. 4 firerooms undoubtedly resulted in immediate flooding of these two compartments. 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