- NN-1972-Oct-2nd
59086 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
41076 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
31068 hitsA typical Day on the Gun Line 1972. Raining death with "Thunder"
- Turret #2
42881 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
28877 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 - operation "lions-den" August 27, 1972
1419417 hitsOperation 'Lions Den' : August 27, 1972 - Credit for that image goes to NN shipmate Bob Chase
- Norfolk Naval Base,1969
13766 hitsPier 7 Norfolk Naval Base, 1969.
- October 1967
11449 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
5461 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
- Kiel-Canal-Germany-1962
10224 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
6534 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
57710 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)
- NN T2 1972
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