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. The seriousness of the hits lay in the fires which they started. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930. However, the coming of theKorean Warbrought a need for more active gun ships andQuincywas recommissioned in January 1952. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last US cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. 66. After a port visit in Haiti, the QUINCY proceeded north to her new homeport of Norfolk, Va., where she arrived on 16 July. AP37/A16-3/(00500) dated 29 Aug. 1942 (War Action Report). 34 and 37) exploded ammunition in ready-service lockers and set fire to the cane fenders stowed aft of the searchlight platform. The battle has often been cited as the worst defeat in a fair fight in the history of the United States Navy. The Bureau of Ordnance tests indicate that detonation of 5"/25 caliber A.A. common projectiles en masse is not to be expected. She then returned to Belfast Lough and began final preparations for the invasion of Europe. From an analysis of the damage it appears that 8" A.P. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. These minor caliber hits are estimated to have come from the 25mm batteries on the enemy vessels. 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. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. 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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. Reference (a) also reported that "the explosion carried away the forced draft blower in 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. II turret about frame 38. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Fire in the wardroom increased in intensity and frequent small explosions were heard below deck. 71. No hits were received in the after engine room. [4], Quincy returned on 25 January 1942 to Icelandic waters on convoy duty with TF 15 and made a patrol in the Denmark Straits from 811 March. 3, although not hit, was unable to fire due to the fire and smoke from the forward superstructure, turret II and the well deck. By about 0200 the port and starboard secondary batteries, except gun No. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? 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. 33), and a fire was started in this space. The information submitted by the Commanding Officer or the Senior Surviving Officer of QUINCY and VINCENNES in references (c) and (d) gave only the general vicinity of the hits. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. 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Additionally, the full range of Crew List features will be available to your visitors too: Upload a personal photo; edit, delete, and add new entries for all ships one has served aboard and a lot more. 1 fireroom and wrecked it. She served alongside German heavy cruisers at Mlaga to evacuate their respective nationals out of Spain. QUINCY received four battle stars for World War II service. 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. She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April. 25) 56. 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. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Photos. 49, 50 and 51) were received in this station and other control stations in the immediate vicinity. At 0215 when the enemy had ceased firing, the after engine room was abandoned due to intense smoke. I stepped to the port side of the Pilot House, and looked out to find the island and noted that the ship was heeling rapidly to port, sinking by the bow. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. An 8" hit (No. A second hit (possibly No. HullNumber.com does not share your information. At least two fire mains, well separated from each other, should be run the entire length of the ship and installed in such a manner that they may be operated singly or jointly.". Baxter was participating in the 25th reunion of former crew members since the USS Salem Asslociaion formed in the late 1980s. 1 gun remained serviceable. 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. 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. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. 4 fireroom was reported by the Commanding Officer, in reference (d), to have been hit by a torpedo. Turret III was jammed in train by a hit (No. 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. Some time during the action ASTORIA developed a 2-3 port list. 2 mess hall by one or more direct hits (Hit No. USS Quincy (CA-39) (+1942) Details general nationality: american purpose: war type: cruiser (heavy) propulsion: steam turbine date built: 1936 details tonnage: 9375 disp (surf) dimensions: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, inspected the ships company in Belfast Lough 15 May 1944. I believe he was a radioman On duty on bridge during D-day, Okinawa, Marseille. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. The heat from this fire forced the crew to abandon the after engine room. This projectile, which is boat-tailed, has three copper rotating bands and is 4.3 inches long. The list then rapidly increased until the vessel capsized. 11). This reel was located near No. HullNumber.com. 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. Before dawn on 14 May, the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane. 17, 25 and 27). On Plate V these are Hits Nos. Contact General Reference and Inquiries: Email is the quickest and best way to reach us. There are various cross connections between the loop. She then steamed to Malta via the Straits of Messina. No. 2 fireroom was never hit; however, a heavy explosion was felt forward which probably came from the torpedo explosion forward. As a result of these explosions the hull must have been ruptured, as a port list gradually developed. Since there were no survivors from the No. Every effort is being made to insure that water will be available for magazine sprinkling. 15. At 0155 the gunnery officer on ASTORIA sighted an enemy cruiser force bearing about 230 relative, range 5500 yards. Another hit (No. During this period all fire main risers forward of frame 103 were ruptured; no water was available for fighting fires. For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the U.S. 7th Army. This explosion rendered the forward control spaces untenable. 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 . A fire was started in the flag bags immediately behind the bridge, probably from hot fragments. These reports consist of the Commanding Officer's own summary, as well as reports made to him by various survivors of each ship. One of these generators is installed forward on the second deck and one aft. One torpedo probably struck under the sick bay in way of the lower handling room of No. Crew's spaces on the first platform deck immediately above the compartments mentioned in the preceding sentence were flooded. U.S.S. 2 mess hall were hit repeatedly, apparently the same hits mentioned in the preceding paragraph. [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. 35. In company with units of TF 58, Quincy departed Ulithi 9 May, for the area east of Kyushu, Japan, arriving 12 May for carrier strikes against Amami Gunto and Kyushu. Over 1000 men were killed or lost at sea. this is my daddy's information. The Bureau's policy. The first hit (No. 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. She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October, when she got underway for training in Casco Bay. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. 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. The I.C. Undoubtedly, as in QUINCY, there were many other hits in these and surrounding spaces which were not reported. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 31 crew members registered for the USS Quincy (CA 71). 19) in the space immediately above. The narrative of each ship will be taken up independently beginning at 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated. The 5" director aft was struck, apparently by an 8" A.P. 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. 1 in the officers' galley (Hit No. 1. 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. 41 and 42). Radio I was struck at least once (Hit No. 35) on the face plate which dislodged a large piece of armor. CA44/A16-3/(0021) dated 14 August, 1942 - (War Action Report). Early in the action, battle II and the main battery control aft were rendered untenable due to the flame and smoke from the boat deck where the boats and the 20mm clipping room burned fiercely. These incidents are of interest as they bring up the question of ready-service allowances. 5) and two in the barbette (Hits Nos. Navy Department. 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 . 4 firerooms. Guns Nos. USS Quincy honors the past crews of the ships that bore this name, the people/Veterans from communities named Quincy and President. This led to the gradual flooding of this fireroom. An 8" projectile passed through the 25 lb. He died in 1992. Robert E. Powers aka Rep is my grandfather and was on the USS QUINCY CA-71 during the Korean War as a Radar man 2nd class. 64. Undoubtedly, the I.C. Quincywas decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, in October 1946. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. About 0250 VINCENNES capsized to port and went down by the head in 500 fathoms of water. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. These stays are located well clear of all batteries and fire control instruments. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. After fitting out at Boston for a Presidential cruise, Quincy steamed for Hampton Roads, Virginia, 16 November. There were light breezes from the southwest with a ceiling of about 1500 ft. 18) were received in the chart house. 46). It was obvious that the ship was going to sink. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. 3 fireroom". The flooding which resulted caused the ship to capsize 45 minutes later. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. The average range of these was about 5,000 yards. QUINCY (CA-71) U.S.S. Naval records from World War II. 30. 7) probably near the top of the barbette. 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. VINCENNES ltr. 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. This storeroom will carry paint, grease, alcohol and lubricating oil. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. This resulted in the loss of all power on the ship. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. Plate III shows the paths and damage resulting from 35 of the most important of these hits. 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. Quincy, based at Palermo through 26 July, conducted shore bombardment practice at Camarota in the Gulf of Policastro. A fire was started which eventually led to this ammunition exploding. Many 8" and 5" hits were received forward on the upper, main and second decks: 3 or 4 in forecastle (Hits Nos. 3. On BOISE, 6" Class "A" armor rejected 8" A.P. 1 in wardroom (Hit 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. A projectile (Hit No. No fires were reported in this area. Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. 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. 1, War Damage Report No. U.S.S. The material damage was restricted to the superstructure surfaces above the gun deck and in the hangar. 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 cruisers of this task group, in a column led by VINCENNES, were patrolling the perimeter of a square five miles on a side in the area between Savo and Florida Islands. 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. He also reported. Steering control was lost at this time - probably due to severing of the steering leads by a fragment from one of these hits. I turret was flooded to prevent an explosion which might have resulted from the fires in the near vicinity of this magazine. She was launched on 23 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Adams-Morgan, wife of Henry S. Morgan, daughter of Charles Francis Adams, and sponsor of the previous Quincy. Between 27 July and 13 August, the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. 31, 32 and 33). Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Quincy (CA 71). Quincy sat in the reserve fleet at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until she was stricken on 1 October 1973. The Bureau of Ordnance has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. 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. 52. The ready-service boxes serving guns No. The fact that these projectiles usually detonated upon contact or just after penetrating the skin indicates that quite probably they were 5" H.E. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. New Orleans class Heavy Cruiser: Displacement: 12,411 tons (full load) . [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. 2) and had caught around the radio antenna and the right end of the spotting glass. Shortly thereafter the enemy searchlights were turned on this task group. [7], Quincy earned one battle star during World War II. On the other hand, six of the nine turrets on ASTORIA, QUINCY and VINCENNES were put out of action due to direct hits by 8" A.P. 8 on fire and knocked out No. QUINCY received at least 36 known hits as well as two torpedo hits on the port side, one in way of No. 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. Exposed powder was set on fire, apparently from hot fragments. There was one plane on each catapult, one on the well deck and two in the hangar. 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; however, the destruction of the blowers by Hits Nos. 8 received hits (Nos. Quincy's stern is bent upwards aft of the number 3 turret, and heavily damaged by implosions. Hit No. After a fourteen day Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived at Greenock, Scotland. It is reported that the fire was put out by immersing the powder bags in the water tanks. About 0202 the forward engine room was abandoned because a hit above this space filled the engine room with smoke. USS QUINCY (CA-71) Crew Photos. About 0209 turret II was struck on the face plate by an 8" shell which penetrated without exploding and set exposed powder on fire. Turret II was struck at least three times, once in the face plate by an 8" A.P. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. The short time after the action until the ship capsized precluded any survey of damage. 1 boiler room, must have remained intact because it was reported that some telephones remained in service until the ship was abandoned. 29, Battle of Savo Island Battle of Savo Island Allied and Japanese Orders of Battle Vignette: Lieutenant. 344825 entries available online. The new year saw the ship visiting Cannes, France; Valenica, Spain and Oran, Algeria, before the QUINCY returned to Norfolk. About 0206 director II was hit and put out of action. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. 1, were completely out of commission due to direct hits and to the fire amidships on the upper deck. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns, may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Two attempts were made, the latter successful. 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. 4 firerooms were, of course, completely flooded as a result of the torpedo explosion. 13. The Allied forces, U.S. and Australia, lost 3 heavy cruisers (USS Quincy, USS Vincennes, HMAS Canberra) and 1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroyers badly damaged. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 Loss in Action, U.S.S. 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. By this time the batteries of VINCENNES, QUINCY and ASTORIA had been trained out and commenced firing. 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. U.S.S. For her actions on the date of her loss, USS Quincy received her first and final Battle Star for World War Two service. The radio room on the communication platform was struck at least once (Hit No. 24) The fireroom started to fill with smoke and the feed lines were leaking at all flanges. ; 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. 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. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. QUINCY departed Malta 6 February and arrived Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal two days later, after calling at Ismalia, Egypt. Looking for US Navy memorabilia? 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. 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. for the past few years has been to provide magazine sprinkling systems in lieu of flooding-from-sea. 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. In January and February 1945,Quincytransported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party most of the way to and from the Yalta Conference. 80. ASTORIA, plus two destroyers on the night of August 8-9, 1942 comprised Task Group 62.3. 3 blower leading into the No. The flooding from these two torpedo hits was undoubtedly the cause of the rapid sinking of the vessel. 23), cutting off the cartridge case bases and causing them to burn like "Roman Candles". 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