34) entered the port after corner close to the barbette of turret III and detonated damaging the work bench, test instruments and TAQ transmitter. 50. During this period all fire main risers forward of frame 103 were ruptured; no water was available for fighting fires. About the time turrets I and II were put out of action, director I was jammed in train. 6 and 30) struck doubling plates but did not enter the hull. 24. Naval Drydock, South Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 December 1943, with Captain Elliot M. Senn in command.[1]. The Senior Surviving Officer, in reference (c), reported that "in the vicinity of these hits small granular particles of incendiary material were noted. [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. projectiles, that is, of a type with an unusually light case as compared with 5" A.A. common. A powder fire was reported in this turret as a result of the hit in the barbette. projectiles upon class "B" armor. 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. 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. Some of the ammunition in the box was ignited as the result of direct impact by the 8" projectile. 2 boiler were ruptured. One 8" projectile (Hit No. At least one projectile (Hit No. [4], Prior to the Marine assault on Guadalcanal on 7 August, Quincy destroyed several Japanese installations and an oil depot during her bombardment of Lunga Point. 35. An 8" hit (No. Although not impossible this is an unusual occurrence. 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. 1 and No. The Quincy-built ship was commissioned in 1949. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. After a port visit in Haiti, the QUINCY proceeded north to her new homeport of Norfolk, Va., where she arrived on 16 July. 24) From 15 March to 28 April, she engaged in important battle practice off Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet in Fleet Problem XIX. She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October, when she got underway for training in Casco Bay. Numerous 8", 5" and 25mm hits were received by each ship; the exact number is unknown. 66. Elliot M. Senn in command. 38. 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 This is based on reference (a) which reported that there was a very large hole in the upper deck near the ready-service box. Fires were started in the carpenter shop and the airplanes in the hangar. Some of these are briefly discussed below. At 0215 when the enemy had ceased firing, the after engine room was abandoned due to intense smoke. 3. 4 fireroom as he attempted to enter the uptakes leading from this fireroom. With respect to improvement and augmentation of fire fighting facilities, the Bureau inaugurated and is executing an extensive program on both existing vessels and new construction. 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. In all three ships these fires were fed by topside paint, life jackets, signal flags, airplanes, airplane spare tails, wings, parachutes, ships' boats, lubricating oil and kerosene which made the area between the bridge and the after bulkhead of the hangar an inferno beyond human endurance. When the conference was completed, she was the site of meetings between the President, King Farouk of Egypt, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethopia and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. Two days later she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltses Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. This projectile apparently struck the box and then ranged upward and overboard. This space is to be fitted with a CO2 smothering system. 48, USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. 3 fireroom had to be abandoned. The personnel casualties, as on the other two ships, were very heavy. USS Quincy. These reports consist of the Commanding Officer's own summary, as well as reports made to him by various survivors of each ship. 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. 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 experiences of ASTORIA in comparison with the experiences of SAN FRANCISCO** afford an excellent contrast of the effectiveness of A.P. Quincywas decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, in October 1946. 38, USS North Carolina BB55 War Damage Report No. From 0200 to 0206 ASTORIA was under an extremely heavy concentration of fire. 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. A few tubes in No. CAPT, USN. Now Deceased (1982) The Chief of Naval Operations directs that this report be shown only to those persons to whom the report would be of value in the performance of their duties. About 0900 WILSON came alongside and assisted in the fire fighting for one hour when both HOPKINS and WILSON were called away. The planes in the hangar were set on fire, the bridge hit, 1.1" clipping room in the foremast hit, battle II hit, and turret III was hit and jammed in train. QUINCY received at least 36 known hits as well as two torpedo hits on the port side, one in way of No. Soon after being assigned to Cruiser Division 8 (CruDiv8), Atlantic Fleet, Quincy was ordered to Mediterranean waters on 20 July 1936, to protect American interests in Spain during the height of the Spanish Civil War. A hit (No. 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. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. II turret. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. This permits the fire main loop to be damaged in two or three places without loss of fire main pressure. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party embarked on Quincy on 23 January 1945, at Newport News, Virginia, for passage to Malta, arriving 2 February. From there the heat of the fire eventually reached and exploded the unflooded 5" magazine. "Besides these effects the fires had the following concomitant effects: (a) Heat made control spaces physically untenable. 30) on the well deck set the planes secured there on fire, sprayed gasoline on the well deck, the midship portion of the upper deck and the planes on the catapult. Turret III was put out of action after firing only two salvos. It will thus make the immediate vicinity temporarily untenable. The USNSM is housed aboard the Quincy-built USS Salem; the world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. No. I am just guessing. 40. [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. The Commanding Officer then gave orders to abandon ship. Enroute, QUINCY safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. Quincy's captain, Samuel N. Moore, gave the order to commence firing, but the gun crews were not ready. 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. She was then assigned to TF 18 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Norman R. Scott, Commander, Cruisers. 57. This general area, as on the other two ships, was hit early in the action. My father passed away in 1972. 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. This will be discussed in paragraph 90. [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. Name of the crew member ? CA34/A9-16 dated 4 Sept. 1942 - (War Damage Report). Find Your Shipmates . HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. The fireroom started to fill with smoke and the feed lines were leaking at all flanges. A little later BAGLEY came alongside the starboard bow and took off all survivors forward. [2] At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. (b) "There should be a hand-operated fuel oil service pump located in each fireroom.". Quincy's ship bell has been preserved, and is on display at Constitution Common in Quincy, Massachusetts. 5" projectiles. (c) "Required combustible materials should be well separated.". This is borne out by a statement of a survivor. About 0206 director II was hit and put out of action. 37. The person's command ? 34 and 37) exploded ammunition in ready-service lockers and set fire to the cane fenders stowed aft of the searchlight platform. 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. USS QUINCY was authorized 17 June 1940; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, Mass. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. 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. After the transfer of the wounded, plans were made for salvaging the vessel. The flaming ships also presented perfect targets to the enemy submarine(s) operating in the near vicinity. 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. At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. 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. She was sold to American Ship Dismantling Co., Portland Oregon on 1 September 1974 for $1,156,667.66. The gunnery officer of ASTORIA recovered one of these projectiles but unfortunately lost it as he was abandoning ship. 5) was received in the turret officer's booth putting this station out of action. projectile. 15 December 1943, Capt. Plate III shows the paths and damage resulting from 35 of the most important of these hits. The main battery control aft was struck at least once destroying this station. The fires had moderated except for a fire in the wardroom country. After Japan's capitulation in August,Quincysupported occupation efforts. This action of August 9, 1942 was the first action of this war in which one of our task forces was engaged in a night gunfire and torpedo attack. SAN FRANCISCO received two 14" projectile hits on the barbette of No. It is definitely known that guns No. The hangar curtain had been previously removed because of blast damage received during the bombardment the preceding day. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 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. Before dawn on 14 May, the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane. In addition to DesRon 23's Presidential Unit Citation, Spence earned 8 battle stars. 16, 12 and 14, respectively. 3 fireroom". As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. USS Quincy This area was finally abandoned due to intense heat and smoke. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. 7) which penetrated without exploding. It also seems probable that one or more of the projectiles detonated with some degree of "low order" detonation as described above. Bucket brigades were organized by both parties. References: Two of these pumps, one forward and one aft, are being installed on light cruisers of the CL40 class. No. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? HullNumber.com does not share your information. Quincy's wreck was discovered and explored by Robert Ballard and his crew in July and August 1992. A fire was started in the flag bags immediately behind the bridge, probably from hot fragments. After a call at Alexandria, and a final meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, Quincy steamed for Algiers, arriving on 18 February. At least two (Nos. CA-71 General Specifications. HullNumber.com does not share your information. In ASTORIA action, it is interesting to note the effect of 8" A.P. These explosions and fires completely devastated this area, and after the action only No. Crew's spaces on the first platform deck immediately above the compartments mentioned in the preceding sentence were flooded. Director I was jammed in train as the forestay had carried away due to damage, and caught around the radar antenna. She was commissioned at the U.S. This storeroom will carry paint, grease, alcohol and lubricating oil. 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. This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. A projectile (Hit No. Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St. Paul on 9 October 1941; renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second Quincy at the Battle of Savo . Also history and medals. Quincy's captain ordered his cruiser to charge towards the eastern Japanese column, but as she turned to do so Quincy was hit by two torpedoes from Tenry, causing severe damage. A hit (No. 2. 29, Destroyer Report - Gunfire, Bomb and Kamikaze Damage, Destroyer Report - Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action, Submarine Report - Vol. II turret. 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. ASTORIA ltr. As nearly as can be determined, this occurred between 0235 and 0240. No fires were reported in this area. 3, although not hit, was unable to fire due to the fire and smoke from the forward superstructure, turret II and the well deck. I received his Flag and have his Blue Jacket manual. She was assigned to the Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952, when she recommissioned to serve in the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces in Korea. 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. projectile (Hit No. 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. This recommendation was also discussed in reference (e). Crew List:This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS QUINCY. 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 . This program involves the installation of additional pumps with independent sources of power, separation of fire mains into loops to reduce probability of a few hits placing the entire system out of operation, installation of fog nozzles and other mechanical aids and rearrangement of inflammable stowage in which essential inflammable materials are to be carried below the waterline and at the extremities of the vessel. 18. Two hits (Nos. 34. Various other hits were received in the control stations located on the foremast. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. 2) and had caught around the radio antenna and the right end of the spotting glass. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. This fire was not extinguished. Survivors on the stern collected on the fantail with the Executive Officer in charge. Following fitting out and readiness training, she served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task groups ranging off the coastline of Korea from 25 July 1953 to 1 December 1953. 46. It will be placed about ten feet forward of the present mast and will be designed to carry radar antennas. The few CO2 extinguishers were entirely inadequate for the fires that existed. The ship then capsized to port, the bow went under, the stern raised, and the ship slid from view. I received three hits, one in the face plate (Hit No. 32, USS Lexington CV2 War Damage Report No. 1 gun remained serviceable. 8 on fire and knocked out No. Numerous 5" hits were received by the blowers leading into the fireroom. 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. A hit (No. 4 firerooms. 70. 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