Following a Caribbean shakedown cruise and training in the North. Turret II was struck at least three times, once in the face plate by an 8" A.P. The flaming ships also presented perfect targets to the enemy submarine(s) operating in the near vicinity. The fire by now had reached the lower 5" and 1.1" hoists as frequent explosions were heard below decks. He reported that he noted fire and smoke in No. 52. 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. 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. All control spaces in the foremast, except radio I, were struck at least once. 8 on fire and knocked out No. 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. With the heel and trim by the bow, free flooding fore and aft through the riddled bulkheads on the second deck occurred, destroying a large portion of the water plane area with the result that the stability of the ship was reduced and finally eliminated completely. The paint in this space had not been removed. 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. The I.C. 94. This resulted in the flooding of most of the second deck. The fire in the cane fenders was very intense and could not be extinguished. Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. During the period of replenishment and upkeep at Leyte in the Philippines, Rear Admiral Wiltse, ComCruDiv 10 transferred to Quincy. This projectile probably detonated in the gun chamber where exposed projectiles were, in turn, detonated and powder was set on fire. 21. 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. Her bow is missing forward of her number 1 turret, both forward turrets are trained to starboard, with turret 1 featuring a jammed gun, and one of turret 2's guns burst. At least two (Nos. 81. While she was in this swing, she was raked fore and aft by large and small caliber hits. 3 fireroom. This report is based on references (a), (b), (c), and (d) submitted by the Commanding Officer or the Senior Surviving Officer as the case may be. 33. The fireroom started to fill with smoke and the feed lines were leaking at all flanges. 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. Crew's spaces on the first platform deck immediately above the compartments mentioned in the preceding sentence were flooded. 1 user currently logged in and 60 visitors active. These estimates are made on the basis of those reported by the Commanding Officer and from the effects of the projectiles as compared with the performance of U.S. Navy projectiles on light plating. Shortly thereafter the enemy searchlights were turned on this task group. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit. The President and his party returned 12 February and the next day received Farouk 1, King of Egypt, and Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. CA-71 General Specifications. Various risers are led to the upper decks from the fire main. 1 fireroom and of those hits on the turrets and on the fire-room and engine room blowers. (b) "There should be a hand-operated fuel oil service pump located in each fireroom.". Bureau of Ships 85. He died in 1992. Bucket brigades were organized by both parties. 55, 56 and 57). The flooding which resulted caused the ship to capsize 45 minutes later. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 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. 22. 20) and an intense fire was started. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. He also reported. The list then rapidly increased until the vessel capsized. Would like to hear from fellow crew mates! 4 fireroom were accessible at this time. About 0250 VINCENNES capsized to port and went down by the head in 500 fathoms of water. Both smoke stacks were reported riddled by fragments and minor caliber hits. Turret No. She departed Portland 24 June for Cherbourg, France. The plane. ; 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. All Rights Reserved. 52, [USS] Joseph Hewes APA22 War Damage Report No. USSQuincy, a 13,600-tonBaltimoreclass heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. She got underway for the Pacific on 12 April to join CruDiv 7, transited the Panama Canal from 2327 April and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 10 May. This is my grandfather and I am doing this for him. She returned to the U.S. shortly thereafter. She was the third ship to carry the name . 3 of the after 1.1" battery. 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. It is not possible for any lightly protected vessel to absorb such punishment and survive. There is no evidence of gasoline fires or explosions near gasoline stowage tanks in any of these ships, probably because no hits were near enough to cause leakage of gasoline from these tanks. The bridge was engulfed by flames in the middle of the action from No. Fires could not be controlled because of the initial lack of certain facilities, the destruction of some facilities initially available, and the fact that certain others were inoperable because of the lack of power. 19). 8) was received on top of the turret but did not penetrate. Damage to QUINCY and VINCENNES was so extensive that loss of the vessels was inevitable. August 9, 1942 (50 years old) 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. The new year saw the ship visiting Cannes, France; Valenica, Spain and Oran, Algeria, before the QUINCY returned to Norfolk. The heat from this fire forced the crew to abandon the after engine room. The seams were opened and bulged inward but were forced back into place, and no appreciable leakage resulted. No. She departed on 14 March for the United States and an overhaul at the New York Navy Yard that lasted until the end of May. 78. 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]. 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. Add yours! 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. room, which is also adjacent to No. Add yours! 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. Battle II was struck at least once (Hit No. After Japan's capitulation in August,Quincysupported occupation efforts. Sixty kw units similar to those described above are being installed in light cruisers of the CL4 class. At 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated ASTORIA, the main battery was trained out and fire was opened immediately upon order of the gunnery officer. 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,. 5" projectiles. 28 and 36, respectively). Some of the ammunition in the box was ignited as the result of direct impact by the 8" projectile. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. 32. [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. 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. IT is now docked at . 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. 48. 4 firerooms and the other in way of the I.C. 67. 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. Following fitting out, QUINCY departed Bremerton for the short trip to Bangor, Wash., for ammunition onload in early May. 27. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 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. One of these generators is installed forward on the second deck and one aft. At some time during this period an 8" projectile entered No. Before dawn on 14 May the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane. It will thus make the immediate vicinity temporarily untenable. She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April. QUINCY joined the Support Force, 23 August; and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. From 0200 to 0206 ASTORIA was under an extremely heavy concentration of fire. Quincy's stern is bent upwards aft of the number 3 turret, and heavily damaged by implosions. A shell hit (No. The President's senior aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin "Pa" Watson, who had been ailing, died aboard ship on 20 February. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. 2 or more in navigator's stateroom (Hits Nos. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. At 0155 the gunnery officer on ASTORIA sighted an enemy cruiser force bearing about 230 relative, range 5500 yards. During the next fifteen minutes. At 0330 a rain squall passed over the ship. A short time later the other forward 8" magazine was flooded. 15. 87. 2 ready-service locker, and it appears that it contributed to the explosion of this ammunition. The carpenter shop just aft of the hangar was hit three or four times (Hits Nos. 24. These six are the only hits reported which struck originally below the second deck. Quincywas decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, in October 1946. It has been estimated that the average visibility was about 10,000 yards. She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. The shells in the fuse pot of gun No. This fire was not extinguished. Later, she operated with Yorktown and TF 28 until sailing for home on 14 July. Enroute, QUINCY safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. At least three hits (Nos. After the action, the heat from the fires on the wardroom exploded ammunition in the hoists. The average range of these was about 5,000 yards. Undoubtedly, as in QUINCY, there were many other hits in these and surrounding spaces which were not reported. Turrets I and II were trained around to starboard and brought to bear upon the enemy. 1 boiler room, must have remained intact because it was reported that some telephones remained in service until the ship was abandoned. 27). 11). She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. USS Quincy was detached from European duty on 1 September, and steamed for Boston, arriving one week later. A hit (No. 89. 9) In 1995, to commemorate 50 years since the meeting occurred, thenU.S. projectiles is definitely established in that the gunnery officer of ASTORIA found part of the base of an 8" A.P. 55. 50. [4], Quincy sailed for San Diego on 5 June via the Panama Canal and arrived on 19 June. The battle has often been cited as the worst defeat in a fair fight in the history of the United States Navy. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. QUINCY departed Malta 6 February and arrived Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal two days later, after calling at Ismalia, Egypt. Each ship was steaming on four boilers in two firerooms. 39. 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. The narrative of each ship will be taken up independently beginning at 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated. Just as the collision was averted, steering control was lost on the bridge and transferred to central station. This resulted in the loss of all power on the ship. projectile in the forward messing compartment. ASTORIA ltr. (c) Senior Surviving Officer, QUINCY ltr. QUINCY and U.S.S. 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. 15 December 1943, Capt. She again decommissioned 2 July 1954; and was subsequently berthed at Bremerton, Wash., in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. His description of the projectile, however, in comparison with material in the records of the Bureau of Ordnance definitely establishes it as a 25mm A.A. H.E. Numerous 5" hits were received by the blowers leading into the fireroom. After a call at Alexandria and a final meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, QUINCY steamed for Algiers, arriving 18 February. She was commissioned at the U.S. QUINCY steamed to Portland, England 21 June and joined TF 129. The turret was completely gutted and left burning like a torch. The emergency feed pump, located on the centerline against the forward bulkhead at frame 53, was blown off by the effects of an explosion forward - probably from the torpedo explosion at frame 45 in way of the diesel generator room. USS Quincy (CA-39), Astoria (CA-34) and Vincennes (CA-44) War Damage Report No. This station, composed of compartments forward of Marine quarters (frame 53) was struck at least six times (Hits 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 18). The necessity for a vigorous program for the removal of unessential material presenting fire hazards was also clearly presented. Of the superstructure, the bridge is heavily damaged but intact, both funnels are missing, and the float plane hangar completely collapsed. The Quincy-built ship was commissioned in 1949. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. President Roosevelt and his party embarked in QUINCY 23 January 1945 at Newport News, Va. for passage to Malta, arriving 2 February. Short stays are being added, however, to give a larger factor of safety, help support the mast in the event of action damage and reduce vibration. 25) 19) in this space was received on the starboard side in the First Lieutenant's Office. Click here for a larger version of this plate. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. Home; About HullNumber; Before you Register; Tell a Shipmate . Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the 3rd U.S. Army. It also emphasizes the importance of reducing fire hazards aboard ship to the absolute minimum. would like to know if anyone knows the whereabouts of Emory Panza RT2c. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. I believe he was a radioman On duty on bridge during D-day, Okinawa, Marseille. Course was changed to the left and speed increased; however, at no time was it greater than 19.5 knots. [4], Quincy returned to the Boston Navy Yard on 5 October for refit preparatory to final acceptance trials which were held from 1518 March 1937. 31). 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. There are various cross connections between the loop. About 0206 director II was hit and put out of action. All lighting and communications were destroyed. In the case of all three ships the enemy commenced hitting on the fourth or fifth salvo. (e) Comcrupac ltr. Apparently, many of the fire main risers were ruptured by fragments as there was no pressure in the fire main to fight any of the fires. She was then assigned to TF 18 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Norman R. Scott, Commander, Cruisers. 1 boiler room. On BOISE, 6" Class "A" armor rejected 8" A.P. 29, Battle of Savo Island Battle of Savo Island Allied and Japanese Orders of Battle Vignette: Lieutenant. 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. 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 . Further hits started fires in the movie locker and the cane fender stowage in the after end of the searchlight platform. 73. 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. To add your CA-71 photos: Click on your Last Name on the CA-71 Crew Roster: Click on any photo below to view larger image: THUMBNAIL: YEAR: DESCRIPTION-Page 1 / 0: NEXT: U.S.S . USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. USS QUINCY was authorized 17 June 1940; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, Mass. US Navy Crew List - Reunite with old Navy Buddies - 344743 entries available online. 24) in No. This explosion rendered the forward control spaces untenable. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last US cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Later, a projectile (Hit. A fire was started which eventually led to this ammunition exploding. This reduced the speed to nine knots. This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. Samuel Moore Class of 1913. Her own aircraft strafed targets in Omonawa on Tokune Shima 19 May. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. 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 cruiser departed Leyte 1 July with Task Force 38 to begin a period of strikes at Japan's home islands which lasted until the termination of hostilities on V-J Day. 62. 45) entered the forward mess hall but did not explode. Some of these are briefly discussed below. Naval Drydock, South Boston Mass. One result was the destruction of the forced draft blower to No. The structural damage, though severe, was not of a serious nature except in the cases of the penetrative hit into No. ASTORIA ltr. (a) C.O. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. The surviving personnel realized that it was necessary to abandon ship as quickly as possible. VINCENNES ltr. He unfortunately passed away in 2005 in San Diego, CA. 43. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. projectiles. 69. Many 8" and 5" hits were received forward on the upper, main and second decks: 3 or 4 in forecastle (Hits Nos. AS-18 Crew Roster . Structural fragments from the No. A fire was started on the fantail and was fought successfully until the fire main pressure failed. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore -class of the United States Navy. VINCENNES, U.S.S. 14. There was also a hit (No. Although sea floods were provided in these ships, they were ineffective in the case of ASTORIA 5" magazines because by the time the fire was serious enough to threaten these magazines the flood valve controls were inoperable. The casualties in this area were very great. USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 Loss in Action, U.S.S. Search crew members| She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily 16 July, arriving two days later. 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