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- operation "lions-den" August 27, 1972
1419398 hitsOperation 'Lions Den' : August 27, 1972 - Credit for that image goes to NN shipmate Bob Chase
- Balzano - Brumfield - Sansone
118115 hitsBalzano - Brumfield - Sansone | Rest In Peace
- "Together Again"
105133 hits"Together Again" | Rest In Peace
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- NN-1972-Oct-2nd
59076 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)
- 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)
- Turret #2
42875 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
31057 hitsA typical Day on the Gun Line 1972. Raining death with "Thunder"
- Last Port of Call
27841 hitsLast Port of Call for the Worlds Greatest Heavy Gun Cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148). Seen at the Southern Scrap Metals dock.
- chuck-z
15620 hitsChuck Z.
- Shelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972...
6548 hitsShelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972
- 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
- 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
2108 hitsWilliam 'Bill' Gowacki | NN crew member Jan. 1973 - June. 1975 | 2nd Div. Main Battery T-3