40. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. ASTORIA capsized to port, settling by the stern and disappeared at 1215. 4 and No. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930. Turret No. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. 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. 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. Each party existed without the knowledge of the other as they were separated by the intense fire raging on the well deck and the upper deck amidships. [4], After overhaul at Norfolk until 4 May 1940, Quincy again visited Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, returning to Norfolk on 22 September. Lab tech served under Drs. Turret III was jammed in train by a hit (No. At least one projectile (Hit No. These reports consist of the Commanding Officer's own summary, as well as reports made to him by various survivors of each ship. 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. 25) 35, 38, 39 and 40 filled this space with smoke. Quincy sat in the reserve fleet at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until she was stricken on 1 October 1973. The seams were opened and bulged inward but were forced back into place, and no appreciable leakage resulted. The flooding from these two torpedo hits was undoubtedly the cause of the rapid sinking of the vessel. Numerous 5" hits were received by the blowers leading into the fireroom. 39. The most extensive and serious damage came while QUINCY began to make her turn to starboard. 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. He remembers so many names but a few that really stick out are Harold Hewitt, Paul Boyd. About 0250 VINCENNES capsized to port and went down by the head in 500 fathoms of water. Numerous 8", 5" and 25mm hits were received by each ship; the exact number is unknown. This is based on reference (a) which reported that there was a very large hole in the upper deck near the ready-service box. 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. 4 fireroom had to be abandoned due to the intense heat from the fire on the well deck. 23), cutting off the cartridge case bases and causing them to burn like "Roman Candles". 47. She was the third ship to carry the name. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. The cruiser departed Leyte I July with Task Force 38 to begin a period of strikes at Japans home islands which lasted until the termination of hostilities. 81. Men manning the secondary battery and antiaircraft stations on the foremast suffered especially heavy casualties due to fragments from 5" projectiles. 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. 20. By 1210, as the salvage party abandoned ship, the port waterways of the main deck were awash. 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. Try the Ship's Store. Some of these are briefly discussed below. Crew Contact And Reunion Information Contact Name: Mr. Dallas E Diettert Address: 17714 SE 105th Ter, Summerfield, FL, 34491-6926 Phone: 352-347-8767 E-mail: None Note About Contacts. 94. Quincy evacuated 490 refugees to Marseille and Villefranche, France, before being relieved by Raleigh on 27 September. Ted: clerk, wrote out paychecks, Skipper during Quincy's final cruise in the Pacific, Korean War, 1953-4. From 16 April QUINCY supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. CA-71 General Specifications. After a call at Alexandria, and a final meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, Quincy steamed for Algiers, arriving on 18 February. The fragment consisted of about half of the base ring into which the base plug screws. 2 fireroom. These fires eventually necessitated the abandoning of the firerooms and engine rooms due to intense heat and dense smoke. 4) early in the action which jammed the turret in train and later in the left range finder hood (Hit No. She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. Eight-inch A.P. 20) penetrated the second deck amidships (90 lb. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
19) in this space was received on the starboard side in the First Lieutenant's Office. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. The Bureau's policy. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit.
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. Battle II was struck at least once (Hit No. 2. sufficiently to permit the bucket brigade to get the fires under control. The five airplanes on each ship except QUINCY had been drained of all gasoline. 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. The 8" magazines were completely flooded. Steering control was lost at this time - probably due to severing of the steering leads by a fragment from one of these hits. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. During the engagement described in paragraphs 12, 13, and 14, ASTORIA sustained an unknown number of hits from 8", 5", and 20mm projectiles of which about 63 were reported in references (a) and (b). AS-18 Crew Roster . Originally classified a light cruiser when she was authorized, because of her thin armor, she was reclassified a heavy cruiser, because of her 8-inch guns. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. About 0900 WILSON came alongside and assisted in the fire fighting for one hour when both HOPKINS and WILSON were called away. A little later BAGLEY came alongside the starboard bow and took off all survivors forward. This projectile, which is boat-tailed, has three copper rotating bands and is 4.3 inches long. Five-inch A.A. ammunition in the port passageway was set on fire by at least three hits (Nos. projectiles, that is, of a type with an unusually light case as compared with 5" A.A. common. While in Spanish waters, she operated with an international rescue fleet that included Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, and Admiral Scheer. Flame and smoke made sky aft and control aft untenable. (b) "There should be a hand-operated fuel oil service pump located in each fireroom.". 36) received by the ship was in mount No. This recommendation was also discussed in reference (e). 87. ; 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. The use of 8" A.P. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 7. The hazard, therefore, is one of a violent powder fire which may spread, which is difficult to extinguish and rather hazardous to attempt to approach too closely. 15. En route, Quincy safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. After a call at Alexandria and a final meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, QUINCY steamed for Algiers, arriving 18 February. Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945. VINCENNES, U.S.S. The fire was extinguished by throwing the flags overboard. It is based on the lessons learned from this and other actions. The other hit at frame 74 in way of No. Contents 1 Construction 2 Service history 2.1 World War II 2.1.1 The Quincy Agreement 2.1.2 Remainder of wartime career 2.2 Korean War 2.3 Fate 3 Awards 4 Legacy 5 References 6 External links Construction [ edit] 21) was received in the signal shack which demolished all confidential publications and started a fire in the flag bags. (c) Senior Surviving Officer, QUINCY ltr. 22 and 26) 18) were received in the chart house. 34) entered the port after corner close to the barbette of turret III and detonated damaging the work bench, test instruments and TAQ transmitter. 3 fireroom. 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. 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. These fires were never brought under control. 2 mess hall were hit repeatedly, apparently the same hits mentioned in the preceding paragraph. All Rights Reserved. There was one plane on each catapult, one on the well deck and two in the hangar. Preliminary Design Branch ASTORIA, plus two destroyers on the night of August 8-9, 1942 comprised Task Group 62.3. 74. 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. Many 5" hits were also sustained in the wardroom country. 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. 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. This projectile apparently struck the box and then ranged upward and overboard. (b)The projectiles used against BOISE had a flat nose with a windshield. and. USS Quincy honors the past crews of the ships that bore this name, the people/Veterans from communities named Quincy and President John Quincy Adams. The flooding which resulted caused the ship to capsize 45 minutes later. 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. 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. At 0155 the gunnery officer on ASTORIA sighted an enemy cruiser force bearing about 230 relative, range 5500 yards. Enroute, QUINCY safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. HullNumber.com does not share your information. The main battery control aft was struck at least once destroying this station. At 02:10, incoming shells killed or wounded almost all of Quincy's bridge crew, including the captain. Guns No. This rendered the ship incapable of fighting the fires except by a few CO2 extinguishers which were soon exhausted. This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. A fire was started on the fantail and was fought successfully until the fire main pressure failed. 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. 11). At 0700 HOPKINS came alongside and made arrangements for towing. No hits were received in the after engine room. 15 and No. In honor of the meeting between Saudi's King Abdul Aziz and Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard Quincy, the official residence of the American ambassador to Saudi Arabia is named Quincy House, and is located on the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh. Also sailmaker. [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. In connection with elimination of existing fire hazards aboard ship, the Bureau is actively cooperating with the forces afloat to accomplish this. The carpenter shop just aft of the hangar was hit three or four times (Hits Nos. This projectile probably detonated in the gun chamber where exposed projectiles were, in turn, detonated and powder was set on fire. Between 27 July and 13 August the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. This led to the gradual flooding of this fireroom. 34. USS QUINCY was authorized 17 June 1940; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, Mass. A hit (No. These were probably 5" H.E. This reduced the intensity of the fires, but not. Turret II was struck (Hit No. 8 received hits (Nos. 27. All control spaces in the foremast, except radio I, were struck at least once. 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. There was also a hit (No. [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. She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily 16 July, arriving two days later. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. 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. Login| 14). The ship kept turning in a large circle to the right until power was lost at 0215. She was again decommissioned in July 1954 and spent nearly two decades in "mothballs" at Bremerton. 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. This space was flooded to the floor plates in a period of seven minutes. As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. VINCENNES, U.S.S. projectile, and blown overboard. 8. No fires were reported in this area. At 0330 a rain squall passed over the ship. 55, 56 and 57). 31. Two of these pumps, one forward and one aft, are being installed on light cruisers of the CL40 class. For her actions on the date of her loss, USS Quincy received her first and final Battle Star for World War Two service. Please click on one of the unit names below to request research assistance in locating U.S. From then until 0200 the enemy was hitting with large and small caliber projectiles with increasing rapidity. 19) struck the port side armor a glancing blow. On 6 December 1952, a change-of-command ceremony was held aboard while visiting Naples, Italy, during which Captain Taylor relieved Captain Chappell as commanding officer of the QUINCY. [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 crew was about to abandon ship when all at once the enemy extinguished searchlights and ceased firing. No. The flames enveloped the forward control station. From there the heat of the fire eventually reached and exploded the unflooded 5" magazine. This matter has been given very close attention by this Bureau and the Bureau of Ordnance because of the menace inherent in the presence of ready-service ammunition in considerable quantity in exposed locations. These particles were about the size of 'grape nuts' and were glowing and burning everything with which they came in contact". 48). 4 fireroom was reported by the Commanding Officer, in reference (d), to have been hit by a torpedo. 32. 4 firerooms were, of course, completely flooded as a result of the torpedo explosion. room, which is also adjacent to No. Gun No. 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. E. Notes and Recommendations by Commanding Officers. The ship then capsized to port, the bow went under, the stern raised, and the ship slid from view. Diesels were started and they supplied power to turrets I and III. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. 1, 5 and 7 were put out of action, after three star shell salvos were fired to starboard, from a series of hits (Nos. 83. The next Japanese 8" salvo hit amidships setting afire the boats on the boat deck and the three planes in the hangar. QUINCY decommissioned 19 October 1946 in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. She was assigned to the Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952, when she recommissioned. A second hit (possibly No. I am not sure of some information and so left the fields blank. Quincy later made a South American goodwill tour from 10 April to 12 June, and upon returning to Norfolk, embarked reservists for three training cruises from 9 July to 24 August. 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. 27). It is improbable that this resulted from the shock of the torpedo hit forward. The Bureau of Ordnance has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. Hits were received from automatic A.A. weapons. I received three hits, one in the face plate (Hit No. 3 and No. This action, however, again emphasizes the necessity of having fire fighting equipment which is adequate for the control of conflagrations resulting from present warfare. The model is now at the Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard. 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. 4 mount out of action. Quincy, the second ship to carry the name, was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts on 15 November 1933, launched on 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, and commissioned at Boston on 9 June 1936, Captain William Faulkner Amsden in command. 3 fireroom". The enemy's fire gradually diminished from 0206 until 0215 when the enemy ceased firing and retired to the northwest. The galley just forward of the well deck was hit from both starboard and port sides (Hits Nos. On Plate V these are Hits Nos. The address of this blog is todhunterdeb.blogspot.com. During the next fifteen minutes. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. (b) C.O. The few CO2 extinguishers were entirely inadequate for the fires that existed. As in ASTORIA, hits received in this engagement are numbered for convenience from forward to aft without regard to time, size, or source. 66. The personnel casualties, as on the other two ships, were very heavy. She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bouc in the Marseilles area. The magazine group of No. The short time after the action until the ship capsized precluded any survey of damage. 92. From 16 April, Quincy supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa, Amami Gunto, and Minami Daito Shima. 31, 32 and 33) wrecking the blower intakes and bringing smoke and debris into this space. 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. 31, 32 and 33). 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I, was also hit in the left range finder hood (Hit No. Nineteen of the twenty-one primary targets assigned the task force were successfully neutralized or destroyed, thus enabling Army troops to occupy the city that day. USS Quincy, a 13,600-ton Baltimore class heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. Another hit (No. Again the most extensive and serious damage from gunfire was from the first few 8" salvos which struck the bridge, carpenter shop, battle II, secondary battery, and the hangar where planes were set on fire, presenting the enemy with a well-illuminated target. These hits cut fire main risers and started fires which filled the compartments with smoke. 36. 45. 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. 10). This blew a hole in the ship's side below the waterline. About this time the ship received her first hit in the 1.1" mounts on the main deck aft. Undoubtedly, there were many other hits in these and other spaces which were not reported. 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 The hits are numbered for convenience from forward to aft without regard to time, size or source. USS QUINCY was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. 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