- large-callsign-thunder
75018 hitsCall Sign: THUNDER
- NN-1972-Oct-2nd
59075 hitsPicture was taken from the USS Bainbridge DLGN-25 on October 2nd as we past and rendered honors to the USS Newport News (CA-148)
- NN seen from the Perth - 1967 Vietnam
41071 hitsWITH THE RAN IN SE ASIA: Heavy Cruiser USS NEWPORT NEWS CA-148 with HMAS PERTH off Vietnam, Oct. 1967 - Bob Westthorp.
- Empty 8" Brass
31057 hitsA typical Day on the Gun Line 1972. Raining death with "Thunder"
- Fallen '20'
5812 hits"Lest We Forget"
- Turret #2
42872 hitsA few days after the in-bore explosion in the center gun that killed 20 of our shipmates, and injured over 30, T-2 is still frozen at surface action starboard. The center barrel is being removed.
- Puerto Rico, 1963
28868 hitsPort side view as seen from Fort San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico in January 1963 while participating in "Operation Springboard".
U.S. Navy photo. (Caption updated by LCDR Orlando Gallardo). Contributed
By And/Or Copyright Robert M. Cieri - James Friedman - OS1, USN (Ret)
2180 hitsJames Friedman - OS1, USN (Ret) | photo taken at the 2007 reunion in Charleston, SC
- operation "lions-den" August 27, 1972
1419397 hitsOperation 'Lions Den' : August 27, 1972 - Credit for that image goes to NN shipmate Bob Chase
- Norfolk Naval Base,1969
13760 hitsPier 7 Norfolk Naval Base, 1969.
- October 1967
11437 hitsSmoke Ring from the heavy cruiser USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) fires her 8-inch/55 caliber guns toward North Vietnam during Operation Sea Dragon in 1967.
- Oct.12,1967
5455 hitsThe heavy cruiser USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) fires a three-gun salvo to port from her forward 8-inch/55 caliber rapid-fire gun turret during 'Operation Sea Dragon', Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, 12 October 1967
- Starboard bow view while at anchor in the Caribbean, June 1949. Crew at quarters.
6617 hitsStarboard bow view of the USS Newport News (CA-148) while at anchor in the Caribbean, June 1949. Crew at quarters.
- RIP
3802 hitscombat:
SA Herman Carol Acker • SN Jack Stephen Bergman Jr. • BM3 William Clark Jr. • GMG3 Charles Wayne Clinard • SA Ronald Paul Daley • SR Raymond Rance Davis • SN Terry Wayne Deal SN Joseph Grisafi • SA Wm. Harrison III • GMG2 Tommy Hawker • SA Robert Kikkert • SN Edward McEleney Jr. • SA Robert Moore • SA Stanley Pilot Jr. • SN Ralph Robinson
GMG1 Wesley Rose • SA Richy Rucker • SA Jeffery Scheller • SN David Lee Scott • SA Richard Tessman
Non-combat deaths:
Joseph V. Balzano • Stephen M. Brumfield • James J. Sansone - William 'Bill' Gowacki
2107 hitsWilliam 'Bill' Gowacki | NN crew member Jan. 1973 - June. 1975 | 2nd Div. Main Battery T-3