The bridge was engulfed by flames in the middle of the action from No. 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. 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. QUINCY (CA-71) at HullNumber.com - Specs & Deployments - Crew Roster - Photos - NEW -> ALL HANDS - Internet Links - Reunion Info Add Your Name to the CA-71 Crew Roster HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. ASTORIA ltr. 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. USS QUINCY was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. The Bureau of Ordnance tests indicate that detonation of 5"/25 caliber A.A. common projectiles en masse is not to be expected. Every effort is being made to insure that water will be available for magazine sprinkling. There were light breezes from the southwest with a ceiling of about 1500 ft. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. 22. It is definitely known that guns 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. that No. 3 fireroom; however, the destruction of the blowers by Hits Nos. The slow degree of flooding which was reported was more apt to have been the result of a projectile hit below the water line. 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. Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945. The hits are numbered for convenience from forward to aft without regard to time, size or source. HullNumber.com does not share your information. This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. Quincy managed to fire a few main gun salvos, one of which hit Chkai's chart room 6 meters (20ft) from Admiral Mikawa and killed or wounded 36 men, although Mikawa was not injured. 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. Due to sinkage and port list as the result of torpedo explosions forward, most of these compartments on the second deck were flooding through the shell holes in the port side as surviving personnel were abandoning this area. Fragments in this case entered into the turret officer's booth, wounding the turret officer. 5) was received in the turret officer's booth putting this station out of action. Each is capable of starting an electrically driven fire pump, and is available for other uses such as the 40mm battery, ship's lighting, etc. 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. Following Operation Mainbrace which started 13 September, QUINCY arrived in Plymouth, England, on 26 September, but soon continued southbound arriving at Gibraltar 3 October. The plane. 1 boiler room it appears as though this compartment was struck by either a torpedo or an 8" projectile. 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She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bouc in the Marseilles area. 17. special treatment steel splinter shield around No. No hits were received in the after engine room. Between 27 July and 13 August the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. Heavy clouds surrounded Savo Island and the Guadalcanal area. U.S.S. 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The gunnery officer of ASTORIA recovered one of these projectiles but unfortunately lost it as he was abandoning ship. 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. [2] At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. In ASTORIA the initial heel was caused by the flooding of port side compartments due to the explosion of the 5" magazine. The Commanding Officer and the Senior Surviving Officer of ASTORIA and QUINCY, respectively, recommended the reduction of ready-service ammunition, apparently based on their experiences as mentioned in paragraphs 25 and 45. Quincy was decommissioned on 19 October 1946, in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Five hits, all estimated to be 5", struck below the waterline. The experiences of ASTORIA in comparison with the experiences of SAN FRANCISCO** afford an excellent contrast of the effectiveness of A.P. 16) and again about five minutes later (Hit No. 52, 53 and 54) and fires were started in this compartment. About 0205, when beginning to make a left turn, steering control was lost in the pilot house. 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. 57. 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. She was then assigned to TF 18 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Norman R. Scott, Commander, Cruisers. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 35) on the face plate which dislodged a large piece of armor. 3. Midship repair parties also suffered a large number of casualties due to 8" and 5" hits. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. She again decommissioned 2 July 1954, at Bremerton.[1]. This turret, like No. No. 3 blower leading into the No. 49. I turret was flooded to prevent an explosion which might have resulted from the fires in the near vicinity of this magazine. This is my grandfather and I am doing this for him. 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. The address of this blog is todhunterdeb.blogspot.com. At that instant the Captain straightened up and fell back, apparently dead, without having uttered any sound other than a moan."[5]. USS QUINCY was authorized 17 June 1940; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, Mass. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. 38 and 40) detonated in the laundry, starting fires. 47, USS Enterprise CV6 War History 1941 - 1945, USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report No. Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. 66. 84. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. Damage to QUINCY and VINCENNES was so extensive that loss of the vessels was inevitable. A powder fire was reported in this turret as a result of the hit in the barbette. During the meeting, President Roosevelt tried to persuade Ibn Saud to give support for Jewish immigration to Palestine, and hoped that Ibn Saud might be able to offer constructive advice on the Palestine issue. [4], Quincy was occupied in Atlantic Fleet maneuvers and landing force exercises off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico from 3 February to 1 April 1941. Apparently, when the torpedo exploded, fuel oil in the side tanks was blown into the fireroom and this floated to the surface where it ignited and resulted in the dense smoke which he observed. 3 of the after 1.1" battery. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. 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. Crew List:This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS QUINCY. 7 were hit (Hits Nos. She was again decommissioned in July 1954 and spent nearly two decades in "mothballs" at Bremerton. medium steel angle which joined together the face plate and the side plate. Cerney & Rothblatt, I'm writing for my father, Ralph J. Smith, who passed away 8 years ago. By this time the batteries of VINCENNES, QUINCY and ASTORIA had been trained out and commenced firing. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last US cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The remaining two firerooms were ready for immediate lighting off to supply additional power if necessary. 20) and an intense fire was started. The ship listed about 15 to port. 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. The ready-service boxes serving guns No. 5. 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. Survivors on the stern collected on the fantail with the Executive Officer in charge. Reference (a) also reported that "the explosion carried away the forced draft blower in No. 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. The ship kept turning in a large circle to the right until power was lost at 0215. Numerous 8", 5" and 25mm hits were received by each ship; the exact number is unknown. U.S.S. [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. Find Your Shipmates . 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. 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. After penetrating the shield it hit one of the 5" ready-service boxes for this gun. Turret II was struck at least three times, once in the face plate by an 8" A.P. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. At 0215 when the enemy had ceased firing, the after engine room was abandoned due to intense smoke. About this time the ship received her first hit in the 1.1" mounts on the main deck aft. 18) were received in the chart house. 1 fireroom is believed to have been hit by either a projectile or torpedo as there were no surviving personnel from this space. [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. USSQuincywas stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1973 and sold for scrapping in August 1974. Two days later she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltses Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. 20. 3 set the hawser reel on fire. 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. 5) and two in the barbette (Hits Nos. According to reference (d), this was accomplished a few minutes after the torpedo hit in way of No. 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. 25. 34. (a) C.O. This reduced the intensity of the fires, but not. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. 3 and 4), which put this turret out of action. Personnel casualties suffered by QUINCY were by far the heaviest sustained on any of the three ships in this action. 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. These produced intense fires in the bedding, papers and clothing. 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. Structural damage to ASTORIA, although extensive, was not such that loss of the vessel was inevitable. 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. 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. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 59. In a letter to Cincpac, the Bureau has designated an inflammable stowage which is well forward and below the waterline. 35. 2 or more in navigator's stateroom (Hits Nos. The paint in this space had not been removed. Numerous 5" hits were received by the blowers leading into the fireroom. 47. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 4 were struck (Hit No. Radio II, Mess Hall and After Repair Station. 60. [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. Five-inch A.A. ammunition in the port passageway was set on fire by at least three hits (Nos. One result was the destruction of the forced draft blower to No. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns, may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." projectiles. The other hit at frame 74 in way of No. 30) in the vicinity of gun No. After a fourteen day Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived at Greenock, Scotland. She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bone in the Marseilles area. He was extremely proud to have served our country aboard the Quincy. Many 8" and 5" hits were received forward on the upper, main and second decks: 3 or 4 in forecastle (Hits Nos. 73. Two of the 5" projectiles (Nos. 39. These were probably 5" H.E. As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. A hit (No. 26. 9. Personnel casualties were heavy during the twenty-minute action. 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. Quincy, the second ship to carry the name, was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 15 November 1933, launched on 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Adams-Morgan, wife of Henry S. Morgan, and commissioned at Boston, on 9 June 1936, Captain William Faulkner Amsden in command.[4]. HullNumber.com does not share your information. 45) entered the forward mess hall but did not explode. Attempts to extinguish fires failed as all fire main risers had been ruptured. This general area, as on the other two ships, was hit early in the action. It also emphasizes the importance of reducing fire hazards aboard ship to the absolute minimum. 29, Destroyer Report - Gunfire, Bomb and Kamikaze Damage, Destroyer Report - Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action, Submarine Report - Vol. A hit (No. [4], Quincy transited the Panama Canal on 13 January bound for Guantanamo Bay where she engaged in gunnery practice and amphibious exercises. The surviving personnel realized that it was necessary to abandon ship as quickly as possible. sufficiently to permit the bucket brigade to get the fires under control. Early in the action, two hits (No. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Following a Caribbean shakedown cruise and training in the North. (d) C.O. After fitting out at Boston for a Presidential cruise, QUINCY steamed for Hampton Roads, Va. 16 November. 78. Ted: clerk, wrote out paychecks, Skipper during Quincy's final cruise in the Pacific, Korean War, 1953-4. 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. At 0155 the gunnery officer on ASTORIA sighted an enemy cruiser force bearing about 230 relative, range 5500 yards. Naval records from World War II. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. In addition to this, as a standby in the event of the loss of all steam, one 1,000-gallon-per-minute diesel driven fire pump forward of the machinery spaces is being installed in existing heavy cruisers. Many 5" hits were also sustained in the wardroom country. At this time all turrets and secondary battery except turret III and gun No. Quincy transferred 19 August to TG 86.4, and until the 24th, engaged the heavy batteries at Toulon, St. Mandrier, and Cape Sicie. [7], Quincy earned one battle star during World War II. 11 and 23) The model is now at the Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard. The fireroom started to fill with smoke and the feed lines were leaking at all flanges. After a shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, the new heavy 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. 38, USS North Carolina BB55 War Damage Report No. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. After another set of fleet exercises, QUINCY arrived at Marseille, France on 20 December. CA-71 General Specifications. She was the third ship to carry the name. 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. 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. After an overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, Quincy resumed tactical operations with her division off San Clemente, California, until her redeployment to the Atlantic on 4 January 1939. Elliot M. Senn in command. 43 and 44) which did not detonate. No. 16, USS Liscome Bay CVE56 War Damage Report No. On Plate V these are Hits Nos. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. During the next fifteen minutes. 35 and 39) passed through the laundry and detonated in the uptakes. 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. No hits were received in either engine room. and. ASTORIA received at least 65 known hits. AS-18 Crew Roster . 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