Further, this projectile is believed to have ranged upward and overboard after striking the ready-service locker. After training in the Pearl Harbor area, she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok, joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April. It is not possible for any lightly protected vessel to absorb such punishment and survive. Flame and smoke made sky aft and control aft untenable. 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. She was commissioned at the U.S. USS QUINCY (CA 39) History View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website. Previous torpedo damage to cruisers in way of boiler rooms has usually resulted in damage to more than one boiler room. Complement: 807 officers and enlisted Displacement: 9375 tons Length: 588 feet 2 inches Beam: 61 feet 10 inches Draft: 19 feet 5 in Flank Speed: 32 kn Radio II, Mess Hall and After Repair Station. Description, history, and photograph(s) of heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39) in WWII. 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. No hits were received in either engine room. Turret No. The narrative of each ship will be taken up independently beginning at 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated. New cruisers of the CL55 class are equipped with two 100 kw units. This explosion rendered the forward control spaces untenable. 1, were completely out of commission due to direct hits and to the fire amidships on the upper deck. 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. [4], Quincy sailed for San Diego on 5 June via the Panama Canal and arrived on 19 June. After receiving calls by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries, President Roosevelt departed QUINCY and continued on to the Crimea by air. 15 December 1943, Capt. The well deck was struck at least once (Hit No. 1, 2 and 3) On Plate V these are Hits Nos. 15 and No. projectile. Director I was jammed in train as the forestay had carried away due to damage, and caught around the radar antenna. room, which is also adjacent to No. At this time, while still under heavy fire from the enemy, the ship began to list appreciably to port. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. [4], After overhaul at Norfolk until 4 May 1940, Quincy again visited Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, returning to Norfolk on 22 September. At 0215, when the enemy ceased firing, the ship was out of control, all main and secondary guns out of action, and all firerooms out of commission. Some, but probably not all, of the projectiles may be expected to give "low order" bursts. The radio room on the communication platform was struck at least once (Hit No. 39. 25. Find Your Shipmates . 34) entered the port after corner close to the barbette of turret III and detonated damaging the work bench, test instruments and TAQ transmitter. The Commanding Officer or the Senior Surviving Officer in all three of these ships strongly recommended the removal of aircraft from cruisers. 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] Fires filled these spaces with smoke and eventually forced the crew to abandon this area. 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. 16) struck the 1.1" clipping room on the battle lookout and machine gun platform. 34. 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. At some time during this period an 8" projectile entered No. This reduced the speed to nine knots. 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. Some time during the action ASTORIA developed a 2-3 port list. 30. For her actions on the date of her loss, USS Quincy received her first and final Battle Star for World War Two service. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. 3 fireroom". At this time all turrets and secondary battery except turret III and gun No. A hit (No. and 5" H.E. S93/S88/S29/S3-1, Serial (01324A) dated Sept. 26, 1942 - (Type directive for improvement of offensive qualities of cruisers). 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. At 0215 when the enemy had ceased firing, the after engine room was abandoned due to intense smoke. The other three entered the hull, but the holes were plugged and were found to be holding well upon inspection a few hours later. From then until 0200 the enemy was hitting with large and small caliber projectiles with increasing rapidity. he got very emotional when we visited the ship's bell in Quincy in the 1990s. It will be noted in the narrative that all three of these ships sank by capsizing. (e) Comcrupac ltr. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. Both smoke stacks were reported riddled by fragments and minor caliber hits. 55. 7. VINCENNES received 57 known hits as well as one torpedo hit (possibly two) on the port side in way of the forward magazine group. 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. Survivors on the stern collected on the fantail with the Executive Officer in charge. The gunnery officer of ASTORIA recovered one of these projectiles but unfortunately lost it as he was abandoning ship. SAN FRANCISCO received two 14" projectile hits on the barbette of No. 67. 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. About 0900 WILSON came alongside and assisted in the fire fighting for one hour when both HOPKINS and WILSON were called away. At 0155 when enemy searchlights illuminated ASTORIA, the main battery was trained out and fire was opened immediately upon order of the gunnery officer. Her own aircraft strafed targets in Omonawa on Tokune Shima 19 May. All three of these turrets undoubtedly suffered other minor caliber hits which did not penetrate. On BOISE, 6" Class "A" armor rejected 8" A.P. The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Quincy (CA 71). 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. Fires could not be controlled because of the initial lack of certain facilities, the destruction of some facilities initially available, and the fact that certain others were inoperable because of the lack of power. Course was changed to the left and speed increased; however, at no time was it greater than 19.5 knots. No. 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. 62. 24) 31, 32 and 33) wrecking the blower intakes and bringing smoke and debris into this space. There were light breezes from the southwest with a ceiling of about 1500 ft. The spotter was unable to clear this. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit. This hit was followed by others in the supply office (Hit No. Another hit (No. 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. 53, USS Independence CVL22 & USS Denver CL58 War Damage Report No. The after bulkhead of the fireroom was apparently weakened by the torpedo explosion in way of No. Between 27 July and 13 August, the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota, Italy. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. The use of 8" A.P. These fires were never brought under control. Samuel Moore Class of 1913. 81. 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. 31, 32 and 33). 51. A hit (No. 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. Eight-inch A.P. 33. 46. Within a few minutes, Quincy was caught in a crossfire between Aoba, Furutaka, and Tenry, and was hit heavily and set afire. He was unable to take the fragment with him when he abandoned ship. This will be discussed in paragraph 90. 1 fireroom is believed to have been hit by either a projectile or torpedo as there were no surviving personnel from this space. Please click on one of the unit names below to request research assistance in locating U.S. 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. 43. This is based on reference (a) which reported that there was a very large hole in the upper deck near the ready-service box. 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. The fire was extinguished by throwing the flags overboard. Naval Drydock, South Boston Mass. USS Quincy honors the past crews of the ships that bore this name, the people/Veterans from communities named Quincy and President. These particles were about the size of 'grape nuts' and were glowing and burning everything with which they came in contact". [2] At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. II turret. Guns No. that No. Kerosene from the tank spread over the well deck and contributed to the intensity of a fire that was already burning furiously. Personnel casualties were heavy during the twenty-minute action. Besides the damage from the projectiles, two torpedo hits were received. 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.". 8 received hits (Nos. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? Thus, damage and uncontrolled fires resulted in the loss of ASTORIA. Two of the 5" projectiles (Nos. For ship's logs and personnel records, see the Reference Page. 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. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. 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. 73. Jump to:navigation, search. One 8" projectile set ready-service ammunition at gun No. 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. Name of the crew member ? About 0200 ASTORIA had to turn right to clear QUINCY's line of fire. Some of the ammunition in the box was ignited as the result of direct impact by the 8" projectile. Filling more fields will reduce the number of results. USS QUINCY was the fourth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. I was struck at least twice, first in the barbette (Hit No. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Letter From President Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud, April 5, 1945, "Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Volume VIII - Office of the Historian", "The first time a U.S. president met a Saudi king", "FDR meets with Saudi king, Feb. 14, 1945", https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/books/2018/01/28/last-100-days-book/15390827007/, Interview with Ambassador Bob Jordan, 2002, Ibn Saud greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt on USS Quincy in the Suez Canal, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Quincy_(CA-71)&oldid=1132020639, Stern hangar for 4 aircraft(wings folded), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 22:08. QUINCY stood out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily, 16 July, arriving two days later. It is reported that the fire was put out by immersing the powder bags in the water tanks. Grandpa is now 84 and living with his wife of 64 yrs Mary in southern CA. 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. 1 boiler room it appears as though this compartment was struck by either a torpedo or an 8" projectile. 76. The turret was completely gutted and left burning like a torch. She spent the remainder of 1939 on patrol in the North Atlantic due to the outbreak of World War II. There are various cross connections between the loop. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. I turret was flooded to prevent an explosion which might have resulted from the fires in the near vicinity of this magazine. Two days later, she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltse's Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force. 2 fireroom was never hit; however, a heavy explosion was felt forward which probably came from the torpedo explosion forward. 28. USS Quincy (CA-71), a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Besides the hits enumerated above, the 5" director forward and sky control were each hit at least once. Gun No. This area also received an unknown number of hits. Posted this on Nov2016, I am posting the letters from my father, Clark "Buss" Gerdes, to my mother during his tour of duty aboard the USS Quincy in 1952. The Commanding Officer of ASTORIA produced a diagram of the battle which is the basis of most of the times stated in this report as well as the basis of Plate I. QUINCY, based at Palermo through 26 July, conducted shore bombardment practice at Camarota in the Gulf of Policastro. She departed Portland 24 June for Cherbourg, France. 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. Topside personnel accounted, for the majority of the casualties. 52. She was the only one of her class to retain her Bofors 40 mm gun mounts instead of receiving the newer 3/50 mounts. Following a Caribbean shakedown cruise and training in the North. Electrically driven fire pumps were chosen instead of diesel-driven pumps because of the greater diversity and distribution of auxiliary electrical power on these new cruisers. Since there were no survivors from the No. Hit No. Quincy was decommissioned on 19 October 1946, in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Navy Department. He died in 1992. 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. Heavy clouds surrounded Savo Island and the Guadalcanal area. On all three of these ships, as the compartments flooded, the vessels trimmed down by the head putting the second deck under water. The bridge was engulfed by flames in the middle of the action from No. medium steel angle which joined together the face plate and the side plate. Midship Repair and Second Deck 5" Ammunition Train. 3 blower leading into the No. Aflame . (b) "There should be a hand-operated fuel oil service pump located in each fireroom.". There was also a hit (No. A projectile (Hit No. U.S.S. 40. I on the starboard side and jammed the turret in train. 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. In the case of all three ships the enemy commenced hitting on the fourth or fifth salvo. This group passed through the southern corner of this square at 0130 and took course 345 true, speed 10 knots. A little later BAGLEY came alongside the starboard bow and took off all survivors forward. All control spaces in the foremast, except radio I, were struck at least once. It was obvious that the ship was going to sink. A shell hit (No. Five hits, all estimated to be 5", struck below the waterline. This is my grandfather and I am doing this for him. The average range of these was about 5,000 yards. ; 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. 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. 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. USS Quincy (CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Quincy joined the Support Force, 23 August, and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. 3. I, was also hit in the left range finder hood (Hit No. As a result of these hits the telephone circuits went dead. About a minute later, direct hits were received on sky aft and sky forward, blowing the after director overboard. She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April. Quincy evacuated 490 refugees to Marseille and Villefranche, France, before being relieved by Raleigh on 27 September. 27). CA-39 General Specifications. We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you. The 5" magazines were not flooded probably because the valves to the sea floods were inaccessible. 3 of the after 1.1" battery. By 1210, as the salvage party abandoned ship, the port waterways of the main deck were awash. ASTORIA, plus two destroyers on the night of August 8-9, 1942 comprised Task Group 62.3. 36) received by the ship was in mount No. Later, a projectile (Hit. 58, Summary of War Damage to U. S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers and Destroyers 17 October, 1941 to 7 December, 1942, USS Birmingham CL62 War Damage Report No. [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. 29, Battle of Savo Island Battle of Savo Island Allied and Japanese Orders of Battle Vignette: Lieutenant. While in this turn, the left side range finder hoods of turrets I and II were struck. [4], Quincy transited the Panama Canal on 13 January bound for Guantanamo Bay where she engaged in gunnery practice and amphibious exercises. II turret. Naval records from World War II. 3 and No. 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. One of these generators is installed forward on the second deck and one aft. 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