- Shelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972...
6552 hitsShelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972
- Subic Bay, Phillipines 1972
2521 hitsFrom AO-146 Shipmate Tom Sparkman. Tom took this photo while alongside NN in Subic, 1972.
- 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
- T2 explosion 02
57597 hits - T2 explosion 04
61482 hits - T2 explosion 06
81039 hits - Turret #2
42884 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.
- 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) transiting Kiel Canal 1962
8423 hitsThe U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) transiting the Kiel Canal, Germany, in 1962.
- USS Newport News (CA-148) underway c1960
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USS Newport News (CA 148) underway 1960 - USS Newport News CA-148 (1960's)
9029 hitsThe U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) underway in the 1960s.
- USS Newport News CA-148 docked in Portsmouth Naval Yard 1963
13629 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.
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100940 hits - 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)