- NN 1967 Vietnam
10941 hitsJohn A. Sharp watches for enemy shore battery gunfire as the USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) blasts the enemy targets with her big 8-inch/55 caliber rapid-fire guns, 11 October 1967. Photographer, Journalist First Class Willard B. Bass, Jr.
- USS Newport News (CA-148) Port side view
92922 hitsUSS Newport News (CA-148) Port side view - 1960's
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- USS Newport News (CA-148) underway c1960
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USS Newport News (CA 148) underway 1960 - USS Newport News CA-148 docked in Portsmouth Naval Yard 1963
13630 hitsUSS Newport News CA-148 (1963)
United States Navy heavy cruiser CA-148 USS Newport News berthed in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard in the summber of 1963. This photo was taken from a tourist boat which did trips around the harbour.
- Shelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972...
6553 hitsShelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972
- May 14,1963
86705 hitsHeavy cruiser USS Newport News on her way to the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. Picture taken May 14, 1963
- Subic Bay, Phillipines 1972
2523 hitsFrom AO-146 Shipmate Tom Sparkman. Tom took this photo while alongside NN in Subic, 1972.
- Oct.12,1967
5464 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
- October 1967
11452 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.
- 11 October 1967
97523 hitsJohn A. Sharp watches for enemy shore battery gunfire as the USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) blasts the enemy targets with her big 8-inch/55 caliber rapid-fire guns, 11 October 1967. Photographer, Journalist First Class Willard B. Bass, Jr.
- Norfolk Naval Base,1969
13769 hitsPier 7 Norfolk Naval Base, 1969.
- operation "lions-den" August 27, 1972
1419425 hitsOperation 'Lions Den' : August 27, 1972 - Credit for that image goes to NN shipmate Bob Chase
- 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 - Turret #2
42887 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.
- Empty 8" Brass
31068 hitsA typical Day on the Gun Line 1972. Raining death with "Thunder"