Turret III was put out of action after firing only two salvos. The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Armys assault at 1207. 33), and a fire was started in this space. She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bouc in the Marseilles area. She then returned to Belfast Lough and began final preparations for the invasion of Europe. Two minutes later No. 1 in wardroom (Hit No. Some of these are briefly discussed below. QUINCY stood out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. 19. [4], Quincy got underway for the South Pacific in July with other vessels assembling for the invasion of Guadalcanal. Further, this projectile is believed to have ranged upward and overboard after striking the ready-service locker. 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. The cruisers of this task group, in a column led by VINCENNES,. One of these (Hit No. 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]. ASTORIA capsized to port, settling by the stern and disappeared at 1215. It also seems probable that one or more of the projectiles detonated with some degree of "low order" detonation as described above. 43. 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. USS Quincy [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. Some time during the action ASTORIA developed a 2-3 port list. [7], Quincy earned one battle star during World War II. 80. These fires were never brought under control. projectiles and bombardment projectiles against naval targets. Turret II was struck (Hit No. No hits were received in either engine room. She also neutralized and destroyed heavy, long range enemy batteries, supported minesweepers operating under enemy fire, engaged enemy batteries that were firing on the crews of the ships USS Corry (DD-463) and Glennon (DD-620) during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines and participated in the reduction of the town of Quinville on 12 June.[1]. 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. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. 4 fireroom was reported by the Commanding Officer, in reference (d), to have been hit by a torpedo. Topside personnel accounted, for the majority of the casualties. 10. 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. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. USS QUINCY (CA 39) History View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website. 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. The ship was listing rapidly to port, water was coming over the upper deck to port, and fires were blazing intermittently throughout the whole length of the ship. 19) struck the port side armor a glancing blow. The galley just forward of the well deck was hit from both starboard and port sides (Hits Nos. 19) in the space immediately above. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. medium steel angle which joined together the face plate and the side plate. Survivors on the stern collected on the fantail with the Executive Officer in charge. 8) was received on top of the turret but did not penetrate. USS Quincy. She also neutralized and destroyed heavy, long range enemy batteries, supported minesweepers operating under enemy fire, engaged enemy batteries that were firing on the crews of CORRY (DD 463) and GLENNON (DD 620) during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines, and participated in the reduction of the town of Quineville 12 June 1944. Besides the hits enumerated above, the 5" director forward and sky control were each hit at least once. Click here for a larger version of this plate. 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. 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. The sizes of hits are all estimated. During this period all fire main risers forward of frame 103 were ruptured; no water was available for fighting fires. 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. 74. Sons address below on file. 16) struck the 1.1" clipping room on the battle lookout and machine gun platform. this is my daddy's information. U.S.S. From this time on the enemy was hitting continuously until he ceased firing at 0215. 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. SAN FRANCISCO received two 14" projectile hits on the barbette of No. 18) were received in the chart house. 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. In cases of damage as severe as that incurred by ASTORIA, however, it cannot be assured that controls for either flooding or sprinkling will remain operable. The personnel casualties, as on the other two ships, were very heavy. Numerous hits during the early part of the action put out most of the guns of the secondary battery. As in ASTORIA, hits received in this engagement are numbered for convenience from forward to aft without regard to time, size, or source. 34. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the intense heat from the fires later detonated these duds. for the past few years has been to provide magazine sprinkling systems in lieu of flooding-from-sea. 200 likes. Personnel casualties suffered by QUINCY were by far the heaviest sustained on any of the three ships in this action. At this time, while still under heavy fire from the enemy, the ship began to list appreciably to port. Quincywas decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, in October 1946. CA34/A9-16 dated 4 Sept. 1942 - (War Damage Report). 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. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. Some of the kerosene leaked through the hole in the main deck and started a fire in the mess hall near the after engine room uptakes. The first hit (No. 4 fireroom had to be abandoned due to the intense heat from the fire on the well deck. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. At 02:10, incoming shells killed or wounded almost all of Quincy's bridge crew, including the captain. The intensely hot fragments from an H.E. 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. 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. VINCENNES, U.S.S. She was the third ship to carry the name. It is improbable that this resulted from the shock of the torpedo hit forward. With respect to the incident reported in paragraph 45, reference (c) stated that hits "exploded" ready-service boxes to guns No. About the time turrets I and II were put out of action, director I was jammed in train. She completed three more reserve training cruises from 1 October to 20 December. 4 firerooms were, of course, completely flooded as a result of the torpedo explosion. These hits started fires, wrecked bunks and lockers and filled the compartment with smoke. This is borne out by a statement of a survivor. QUINCY received at least 36 known hits as well as two torpedo hits on the port side, one in way of No. At 0330 a rain squall passed over the ship. Kerosene from the tank spread over the well deck and contributed to the intensity of a fire that was already burning furiously. Now Deceased (1982) 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. Gun No. One result was the destruction of the forced draft blower to No. 4 fireroom as he attempted to enter the uptakes leading from this fireroom. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. In ASTORIA action, it is interesting to note the effect of 8" A.P. As a result, QUINCY was without fire power about eight minutes after contact with the enemy. This recommendation has been approved by the Bureau. In 1995, to commemorate 50 years since the meeting occurred, thenU.S. She returned to Newfoundland with a convoy on 31 October. 30. 2) and had caught around the radio antenna and the right end of the spotting glass. Thus, damage and uncontrolled fires resulted in the loss of ASTORIA. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bureau of Ships The first hit (No. The shells in the fuse pot of gun No. 3 blower leading into the No. The ready-service boxes serving guns No. 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. 68. [4], Quincy sailed for San Diego on 5 June via the Panama Canal and arrived on 19 June. These spaces were abandoned because of flooding. U.S.S. (a) C.O. 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 . 8. 2 fireroom. 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. 83. 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. Although not impossible this is an unusual occurrence. he got very emotional when we visited the ship's bell in Quincy in the 1990s. Therefore, important control spaces and areas within the vicinity will be listed with a description of the damage resulting to that station or space. 42 set films in the movie lockers on fire. Battle II was struck at least once (Hit No. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. Plate III shows the paths and damage resulting from 35 of the most important of these hits. 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. Fires in both cases, however, were also a major contributing factor. The Commanding Officer reported that a torpedo struck in way of this compartment. 1 in warrant officers' country (Hit No. During the engagement described in paragraphs 12, 13, and 14, ASTORIA sustained an unknown number of hits from 8", 5", and 20mm projectiles of which about 63 were reported in references (a) and (b). [2] At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine. The fires had moderated except for a fire in the wardroom country. This space is to be fitted with a CO2 smothering system. At this time all turrets and secondary battery except turret III and gun No. 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. Turret No. 13. She was the third ship to carry the name. 3 and No. USS SPRINGFIELD (CL 66) was laid down on 13 February 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co. at its Fore River yard, Quincy, Mass. After a fourteen day Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived at Greenock, Scotland. During the period of replenishment and upkeep at Leyte in the Philippines, Rear Admiral Wiltse, ComCruDiv 10 transferred to Quincy. About this time the ship received her first hit in the 1.1" mounts on the main deck aft. 35. She was sold to American Ship Dismantling Co., Portland Oregon on 1 September 1974 for $1,156,667.66. Also history and medals. It is interesting to note that the decision was made to retain them aboard despite the fire hazard. 3 fireroom. The clipping room to the forward 1.1" battery was struck (Hit No. It is reported that the fire was put out by immersing the powder bags in the water tanks. 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. Fire in the wardroom increased in intensity and frequent small explosions were heard below deck. USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 Loss in Action, U.S.S. President Roosevelt received Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 14 February. 20. All Rights Reserved. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. This list is in development, so if you don't see the unit or vessel you're looking for, click on any unit name below and type in the correct unit/vessel name in the form page. [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]. About this time all steam power was lost due to blowers either being destroyed or drawing smoke and flames from the fires amidships into the firerooms. Quincy then proceeded to Cape Town, South Africa, via Trinidad, where she met a convoy which she escorted back to Trinidad on 29 December. En route, Quincy safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June. Try the Ship's Store. In addition, an intense fire was started which eventually forced the abandoning of all secondary guns on the upper deck. 1 boiler room. 24. Home; About HullNumber; Before you Register; Tell a Shipmate . Various other hits were received in the control stations located on the foremast. Guns No. The ship kept turning in a large circle to the right until power was lost at 0215. The approximate locations of these hits are shown on Plate II. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 31 crew members registered for the USS Quincy (CA 71). Quincy's captain, Samuel N. Moore, gave the order to commence firing, but the gun crews were not ready. 3 fireroom; however, the destruction of the blowers by Hits Nos. 28 and 36, respectively). This reduced the speed to nine knots. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 45, USS New Orleans CA32 War Damage Report No. Bucket brigades were organized by both parties. Two of these pumps, one forward and one aft, are being installed on light cruisers of the CL40 class. Two days later she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltses Cruiser Division 10, in Vice Admiral Mitschers Fast Carrier Task Force. From there the heat of the fire eventually reached and exploded the unflooded 5" magazine. 26 and 28, respectively) which were reported to have exploded the ready-service boxes starting intense fires. 79. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. 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. Quincy joined the Support Force, 23 August, and four days later, helped occupy Sagami Wan, Japan, and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September. Many 5" hits were also sustained in the wardroom country. It also emphasizes the importance of reducing fire hazards aboard ship to the absolute minimum. Diesels were started and they supplied power to turrets I and III. At 0700 HOPKINS came alongside and made arrangements for towing. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Samuel Moore Class of 1913. He was extremely proud to have served our country aboard the Quincy. 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: Back to the USS Quincy (CA 71) page|Crew List main page| This hole must have come from the detonation of the 5"/25 caliber projectiles. All the ships were in condition of Readiness II, material condition Zed. Back to 1st page. The fires amidships which were started early in the action undoubtedly contributed more in an indirect fashion to the loss of these three ships than any other factor. Later, a projectile (Hit. 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. Exposed powder was set on fire, apparently from hot fragments. At least two more projectiles (Nos. The spotter was unable to clear this. QUINCY was detached from European duty 1 September and steamed for Boston, arriving one week later. 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. 11). The structural damage, though severe, was not of a serious nature except in the cases of the penetrative hit into No. 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. Radio I was struck at least once (Hit No. Besides this, all heavy cruisers, both those in service and new construction, carry six gasoline "handy billies" and twelve electrical submersible pumps. 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. 62, USS San Francisco CA38 War Damage Report No. 15) and the ammunition set on fire. Also sailmaker. QUINCY, based at Palermo through 26 July, conducted shore bombardment practice at Camarota in the Gulf of Policastro. She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October, when she got underway for training in Casco Bay. 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. 20), about seven minutes later, caused all fires to go out and fuel suction to be lost. After shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, the new 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. Description, history, and photograph(s) of heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39) in WWII. All communications were destroyed and steering control was lost due to the fragments from the last hit. From 15 March to 28 April, she engaged in important battle practice off Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet in Fleet Problem XIX. About 0156 the fourth Japanese salvo landed near the bow. About 0205, when beginning to make a left turn, steering control was lost in the pilot house. The address of this blog is todhunterdeb.blogspot.com. Quincy passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on 26 July and arrived at Mlaga, Spain on 27 July to assume her duties. 54. It will be noted in the narrative that all three of these ships sank by capsizing. She departed Portland, 24 June, for Cherbourg, France. Add yours! 40. After a port visit in Haiti, the QUINCY proceeded north to her new homeport of Norfolk, Va., where she arrived on 16 July. On all three of these ships, as the compartments flooded, the vessels trimmed down by the head putting the second deck under water. 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. These particles were about the size of 'grape nuts' and were glowing and burning everything with which they came in contact". 48. Therefore it seems as though one of two events occurred: (a) A torpedo struck in way of this boiler room and detonated with a low order detonation. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. He also reported. The surviving personnel realized that it was necessary to abandon ship as quickly as possible. (b) C.O. 1 were out of action, and all power had been lost. Both the port and starboard catapult towers were struck by 5" projectiles (Hits Nos. Besides the damage suffered by gunfire, it appears as though one torpedo (possibly two) struck the port side of VINCENNES. The plane. The night was dark and overcast with occasional light mists of rain. The hit forward was believed to have exploded forward of the I.C. At 0208 course was changed to the left and the stern was again brought through the enemy's fire. Before dawn on 14 May the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane. The remaining two firerooms were ready for immediate lighting off to supply additional power if necessary. Nineteen of the twenty-one primary targets assigned the task force were successfully neutralized or destroyed thus enabling Army troops to occupy the city on 26 June. USSQuincy, a 13,600-tonBaltimoreclass heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1943. "Besides these effects the fires had the following concomitant effects: (a) Heat made control spaces physically untenable. QUINCY (CA-71) U.S.S. 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. 11 and 23) 66. VINCENNES ltr. Help| 4 firerooms and the other in way of the I.C. 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 ship's logs and personnel records, see the Reference Page. Fires (particularly the one in the wardroom country) were the direct cause of the loss of ASTORIA. 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