Naval records from World War II. 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. 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. Search for Crew Members Please fill at least one field. After receiving calls by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries, President Roosevelt departed Quincy and continued on to the Crimea by air to attend the Yalta Conference. 82. The increased draft and port list which resulted, brought the projectile holes in the skin of the ship below the water line. Crew List:This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS QUINCY. 3 fireroom had to be abandoned. 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. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930. Eventually, the powder or the projectiles in the forward 5" magazine exploded, rupturing the hull. 11. 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. 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. 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. 41 and 42). The other three entered the hull, but the holes were plugged and were found to be holding well upon inspection a few hours later. 18. This will be discussed in paragraph 90. 4 were struck (Hit No. A minute later the first enemy salvo struck, hitting the bridge, the carpenter shop, the hangar, battle II and the antenna trunk. 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. 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. At this time the stern and bow groups realized the existence of each other, and at daylight BAGLEY took off the wounded from the stern group. 200 likes. 7) probably near the top of the barbette. No. She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October, when she got underway for training in Casco Bay. These hits cut fire main risers and started fires which filled the compartments with smoke. USS Astoria CA-34, lost August 9, 1942 in Battle of Savo Island (NHHC, click to enlarge): return to US Navy Casualties, WW2 or to World War 2 1 fireroom and killed all of the crew in this space. 8) was received on top of the turret but did not penetrate. USS Quincy (CA 71) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Quincy (CA 71). Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. The most extensive and serious damage came while QUINCY began to make her turn to starboard. 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. Class: Baltimore-class heavy cruiser Named for: Quincy Complement: 1142 Officers and Enlisted Displacement: 13600 tons Length: 673 feet 5 inches Beam: 70 feet 10 inches Flank Speed: 33 knots Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1974 She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April. No hits were received in the after engine room. This rendered the ship incapable of fighting the fires except by a few CO2 extinguishers which were soon exhausted. ; 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. 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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. Further, this projectile is believed to have ranged upward and overboard after striking the ready-service locker. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. The ship kept turning in a large circle to the right until power was lost at 0215. 344825 entries available online. 23. 35 and 39) passed through the laundry and detonated in the uptakes. She then steamed to Malta via the Straits of Messina. This brought the stern of ASTORIA through the enemy's line of fire resulting in hits on the starboard side from the foremast aft. Fragments from hits received in this vicinity damaged the ladders leading to and from the bridge, but not sufficiently to prevent the crew from escaping. 2 ready-service locker, and it appears that it contributed to the explosion of this ammunition. 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. Following fitting out, QUINCY departed Bremerton for the short trip to Bangor, Wash., for ammunition onload in early May. VINCENNES received 57 known hits as well as one torpedo hit (possibly two) on the port side in way of the forward magazine group. As told to me as a kid by my grandpa at night I was in normandy rode with President Roosevelt and family and 2 maids, and winston Churchill was a cook for them. 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. I am not sure of some information and so left the fields blank. 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. 1 and No. Hit No. It will be noted in the narrative that all three of these ships sank by capsizing. "Besides these effects the fires had the following concomitant effects: (a) Heat made control spaces physically untenable. A projectile (Hit No. The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa 4 July, arriving there the 10th. At 0155, as enemy searchlights were trained on QUINCY from abaft her port beam, the main battery was trained out and commenced firing. During this period all fire main risers forward of frame 103 were ruptured; no water was available for fighting fires. Since there were no survivors from the No. 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. 9. 52. 35. References: HullNumber.com does not share your information. room, which is also adjacent to No. I, was also hit in the left range finder hood (Hit No. 69. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore -class of the United States Navy. CA44/A16-3/(0021) dated 14 August, 1942 - (War Action Report). II turret. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 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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. 64. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. 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. A hit (No. US Navy Crew List - Reunite with old Navy Buddies - 344743 entries available online. An 8" projectile passed through the 25 lb. Main battery control forward was hit by a projectile which did not detonate. The night was dark and overcast with occasional light mists of rain. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. 3 mount put No. U.S.S. 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. paint locker and started a small fire. From 0200 to 0206 ASTORIA was under an extremely heavy concentration of fire. 15) and the ammunition set on fire. 59. The seams were opened and bulged inward but were forced back into place, and no appreciable leakage resulted. 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. Five hits, all estimated to be 5", struck below the waterline. 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. [4], After overhaul at Norfolk until 4 May 1940, Quincy again visited Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, returning to Norfolk on 22 September. 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. 63. projectile of impact nose type fuze. The cruisers of this task group, in a column led by VINCENNES,. 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. He reported that he noted fire and smoke in No. 16) struck the 1.1" clipping room on the battle lookout and machine gun platform. 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. Various other hits were received in the control stations located on the foremast. Damage to QUINCY and VINCENNES was so extensive that loss of the vessels was inevitable. 4 firerooms. After the transfer of the wounded, plans were made for salvaging the vessel. 65. 1 below radio I in Captain's cabin (Hit No. QUINCY stood out of Hampton Roads 5 March 1945, arriving Pearl Harbor the 20th. 83. 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 has conducted extensive tests relative to this problem as has the Ordnance Department of the Army. 5" projectiles. Control was shifted to the after steering station. The shells in the fuse pot of gun No. Sons address below on file. 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. 3 set the hawser reel on fire. 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. She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. 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. 1 fireroom is believed to have been hit by either a projectile or torpedo as there were no surviving personnel from this space. He unfortunately passed away in 2005 in San Diego, CA. Undoubtedly, as in QUINCY, there were many other hits in these and surrounding spaces which were not reported. During June 1944,Quincyprovided gunfire support for the Normandy Invasion and bombarded German positions around Cherbourg, France. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last US cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. 17, 25 and 27). Besides the damage from the projectiles, two torpedo hits were received. 36. USS Quincy, a 13,600-ton Baltimore class heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. 79. With respect to the incident reported in paragraph 45, reference (c) stated that hits "exploded" ready-service boxes to guns No. The clipping room to the forward 1.1" battery was struck (Hit No. ASTORIA capsized to port, settling by the stern and disappeared at 1215. QUINCY was detached from European duty 1 September and steamed for Boston, arriving one week later. 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. 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. projectiles. 88. Quincy transferred 19 August to TG 86.4, and until the 24th, engaged the heavy batteries at Toulon, St. Mandrier, and Cape Sicie. 9) As a result, there is a great deal of information which, naturally, is contradictory in many instances. The plane. From there the heat of the fire eventually reached and exploded the unflooded 5" magazine. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Quincy (CA 71). Add yours! Crew's quarters abaft No. In the interim, the long forestay from the stem to the foremast will be removed and short stays installed to give a larger factor of safety and reduce the whip. The fire in the cane fenders was very intense and could not be extinguished. Two days later she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltses Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. No. 26. 77. The flames enveloped the forward control station. Fragments from the hit also severed steering leads which resulted in the loss of steering control. This turret, like No. As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 Loss in Action, U.S.S. One of these (Hit No. 19. Undoubtedly, there were many other hits in these and other spaces which were not reported. She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bone in the Marseilles area. 92. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 42 set films in the movie lockers on fire. [7], Quincy earned one battle star during World War II. 1 gun remained serviceable. The President's senior aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin "Pa" Watson, who had been ailing, died aboard ship on 20 February. 6 and 30) struck doubling plates but did not enter the hull. During this turn, planes on the well deck were set on fire and the ship was repeatedly hit throughout her whole length while unable to bring her guns to bear on the enemy. 17) on the machine gun platform passed through the 1.1" clipping room setting the ammunition located there on fire. 81. These fires were never brought under control. 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. 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. Five-inch A.A. ammunition in the port passageway was set on fire by at least three hits (Nos. 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. projectile in the forward messing compartment. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. Navy Department. 0 users currently logged in and 68 visitors active. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Turrets I and II were trained around to starboard and brought to bear upon the enemy. The boats and the 20mm clipping room were set on fire by Hit No. Between 27 July and 13 August the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. 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. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. the list increased rapidly and it appeared that there was no possibility of saving the ship. The fragment consisted of about half of the base ring into which the base plug screws. 80. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 31 crew members registered for the USS Quincy (CA 71). During the period of replenishment and upkeep at Leyte, Rear Admiral Wiltse, ComCruDiv 10 transferred to Quincy. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. A hit (No. [4], While on patrol in the channel between Florida Island and Savo Island, in the early hours of 9 August, Quincy was attacked by a large Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island.[4]. The slow degree of flooding which was reported was more apt to have been the result of a projectile hit below the water line. The Commanding Officer reported that a torpedo struck in way of this compartment. 2. Her float plane artillery observer pilots were temporarily assigned to VOS-7 flying Spitfires from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. QUINCY and U.S.S. She later provided close fire support for the Marines during the landing. Some of the ammunition in the box was ignited as the result of direct impact by the 8" projectile. From this time on the enemy was hitting continuously until he ceased firing at 0215. 17. According to reference (d), this was accomplished a few minutes after the torpedo hit in way of No. After surviving a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbour and serving in battle at the Coral Sea and Savo Island in 1942, she was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the . 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. QUINCY (CA-71) U.S.S. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. QUINCY departed Malta 6 February and arrived Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal two days later, after calling at Ismalia, Egypt. She departed Portland 24 June for Cherbourg, France. Since the action was fought at such close range, numerous minor caliber or machine gun hits were also received. 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