- T-3 scrapping
47884 hitsThis is whats left of Turret 3, a damn shame if there ever was one.
- USS Newport News (CA-148) being scrapped in 1993
3822 hitsNewport News in New Orleans, 1993, just before being scrapped. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
- Gowacki, Sanchez May 1975
75911 hitsGreat photo of W. Gowacki (Me) and Dennis Sanchez "liberty Call" during Decomm!
- ca148-awards
6752 hitsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Citation (2) - Meritorious Unit Citation
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal - World War II Occupation Medal- National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Fourth Row - Republic Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1st Class Unit Citation - Republic Of Vietnam Campaign Medal - large-callsign-thunder
75021 hitsCall Sign: THUNDER
- USS Newport News CA-148 and the USS Midway in 1950
62736 hitsUSS Newport News CA-148 and the USS Midway in 1950
- USS Des Moines CA-134
3178 hitsUSS Des Moines CA-134 in the Med. 1957
- NN North Atlantic 1949
2397 hitsIce-encrusted 3-inch mount 31 when she crossed the Arctic Circle in November 1949 as Flagship of the Second Task Fleet
- Kiel-Canal-Germany-1962
10220 hitsAs Second Fleet flagship, Newport News is shown transiting the Kiel Canal through a pastoral portion of West Germany in September 1962. The following month she was in the Caribbean as flagship of the U.S. quarantine force off Cuba. Photo by George Klos
- T-2 center gun
6529 hitsAn exterior view of the gun in which the explosion occurred. The barrel has been blown completely clear of the turret and is connected only by the gun liner. 20 sailors were killed
- vertrep-1972
57701 hitsOne of USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3) helos vertreping USS Newport News (CA 148) in Aug/Sept 1972. Photo by CDR Al Cusick USN Ret. (Niagara Falls Gunnery as well as Flight Deck Officer)
- chuck-z
15620 hitsChuck Z.
- nnpostcd1
5065 hits - NN Under construction
1655 hits - 3 sisters
2768 hits