- William 'Bill' Gowacki
2090 hitsWilliam 'Bill' Gowacki | NN crew member Jan. 1973 - June. 1975 | 2nd Div. Main Battery T-3
- vertrep-1972
57660 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)
- USS Newport News CA-148 docked in Portsmouth Naval Yard 1963
13617 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.
- USS Newport News (CA-148) underway c1960
5344 hits
USS Newport News (CA 148) underway 1960 - USS Newport News (CA-148) Port side view
92859 hitsUSS Newport News (CA-148) Port side view - 1960's
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- USS Newport News (CA-148) in drydock c1955
64160 hitsUSS Newport News (CA-148) in drydock c1955
- USS Newport News (CA-148) at Newport News Shipbuilding and DD - 1949
58113 hitsUSS Newport News (CA-148) at Newport News Shipbuilding and DD - 1949
- T-2 center gun
6514 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
- Starboard bow view while at anchor in the Caribbean, June 1949. Crew at quarters.
6606 hitsStarboard bow view of the USS Newport News (CA-148) while at anchor in the Caribbean, June 1949. Crew at quarters.
- Shelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972...
6526 hitsShelling the coast of Vietnam June 1972
- RIP
3791 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 - operation "lions-den" August 27, 1972
1419388 hitsOperation 'Lions Den' : August 27, 1972 - Credit for that image goes to NN shipmate Bob Chase
- October 1967
11413 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.
- Norfolk Naval Base,1969
13726 hitsPier 7 Norfolk Naval Base, 1969.
- NNmemFB2
2096 hitsCreated by WCGowacki. Ships Award Ribbons added by Master Chief FT Dexter Goad! Thanks Chief!