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131k | Undated, seen here in company of another Omaha class cruiser. Note the masts have been removed from the one in the background. | USN | |
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66k | Port bow view, date and location unknown. | David Buell | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) View looking up at the cruiser's mainmast in November 1923, just before she left the New York Navy Yard for speed trials off Rockland, Maine. View was taken from between the after smokestack and the mainmast. Note the extensive use of Insulators on the mast rigging. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 69225. |
USNHC | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) In harbor, circa the mid-1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63244. |
USNHC | |
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Vought O2U-1 "Corsair" floatplane (Bureau # A-7918) Suspended over a ship's catapult during the later 1920s. This plane, from Scouting Squadron SIX, is assigned to USS Cincinnati (CL 6). Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100515. |
USNHC | |
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O2U-1 "Corsair" Scout plane being launched from the USS Cincinnati (CL 6) |
Darryl Baker | |
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Officers of the USS Cincinnati (CL 6) on the bow of the ship in March 1930. |
Darryl Baker | |
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Members of the Cincinnati's Aviation Department in March 1930. |
Darryl Baker | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) landing force at the rife range at Guantanamo Bay in 1930. |
Darryl Baker | |
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In the South Boston drydock, December 1931. From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library. |
Michael Mohl | |
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In the South Boston drydock, December 1931. From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library. |
Michael Mohl | |
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In the South Boston drydock, December 1931. From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library. |
Michael Mohl | |
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In the South Boston drydock, December 1931. Note the rudder laying on it's side in the foreground. From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library. |
Michael Mohl | |
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In the South Boston drydock, December 1931. From the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library. |
Michael Mohl | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) Underway in harbor, circa the later 1930s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67531. |
USNHC | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) Visits Portland, Oregon, circa the later 1930s. Photographed by the Angelus Commercial Studio, Portland. Collection of Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 86438. |
USNHC | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) moored at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ca.1937. Detail shot showing visitors on board and catapult mounted observation planes. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM640-S1-:CVA 260-688, by James Crookall. |
Mike Green | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) moored at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ca. 1937. Detail shot showing visitors on board. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM640-S1-:CVA 260-686, by James Crookall. |
Mike Green | |
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Close up photo of the 6”/53 main battery and sailors on board of the USS Cincinnati (CL 6) at Vancouver BC ca. 1937. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM640-S1-:CVA 260-685, by James Crookall. |
Mike Green | |
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Close up photo of Starboard catapult and SOC-1 scout plane on board of the USS Cincinnati (CL 6) at Vancouver BC ca. 1937. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM640-S1-:CVA 260-687, by James Crookall. |
Mike Green | |
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This is from the William "Bill" Larkins collection, which he personally shot at the Port of Oakland, summer of 1938 during summer cruise operations for USN-Reserve personnel. The planes are both Curtiss SOC-1's with BuNo 9954 on the Left and BuNo 9858 on the Right. The Squadron was VCS-3 Cruiser Scouting Squadron Three, assigned to The Concord (Flag), Omaha, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Photo courtesy of the United States Naval Institute. |
Jim Geldert, USNI | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) view on deck, looking aft from the ship's bow, showing her forward 6"/53 gun turret and superstructure. Photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 4 July 1942. Recent alterations are marked and identified. Note Mark XXXII Mod. 1 Rangefinder on the bridge wings. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
National Archives/Scott Dyben | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) underway off New York City, 8 July 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
National Archives/Scott Dyben | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) Off New York City, 8 July 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-32591. |
National Archives | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) Off New York City, 9 July 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-31170. |
National Archives | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) In New York Harbor, 22 March 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-62459. |
National Archives | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) Off New York City, 22 March 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
USNHC | |
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USS Cincinnati (CL 6) In New York Harbor, 22 March 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-64188. |
USNHC | |
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145k | Ex-Marblehead
(CL 12) being scrapped in Dry Dock No. 4 at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard on January 10, 1946. To the left is ex-Cincinnati
(CL 6), behind left is ex-Raleigh
(CL 7) and behind right is ex-Omaha
(CL 4).
Library of Congress, HAER PA,51-PHILA,709D—20
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Mike Green | |
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166k | Scrapping of ex-Marblehead (CL 12), ex-Cincinnati (CL 6), ex-Omaha (CL 4), and ex-Raleigh (CL 7). Naval Shipyard Philadelphia. February 18, 1946. | Mike Green |
Commanding Officers
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Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
Nelson, Charles Preston, CAPT | RADM | 01/01/1924 - 09/20/1924 |
Courtney, Charles Edward, CAPT | RADM | 09/20/1924 - 08/01/1926 |
Johnson, Thomas Lee, CAPT | 08/01/1926 - 07/31/1928 | |
Rowcliff, Gilbert Jonathan, CAPT | RADM | 07/31/1928 - 08/02/1930 |
Poteet, Fred Halstead, CAPT | 08/02/1930 - 12/10/1932 | |
Wadsworth Jr., Alexander Scammel, CAPT |
12/10/1932 - 08/08/1934 | |
Caldwell, Turner Foster, CAPT | RADM | 08/08/1934 - 01/23/1936 |
Baughman, Cortlandt Chesterfield, CAPT | 01/23/1936 - 09/01/1936 | |
Dessez, John Harrison Semmes, CAPT | 09/01/1936 - 07/07/1937 | |
Logan, James Alexander, CAPT | COMO | 07/07/1937 - 06/10/1939 |
Lewis, Spencer Steen, CAPT | VADM | 06/10/1939 - 07/1941 |
Graf, Homer William, CAPT | 07/1941 - | |
Senn, Elloitt Marchant, CAPT | 05/22/1942 | |
Worth Jr., Daniel Fisher, CAPT | 10/21/1943 | |
Surran, Charles Lafayette, CAPT | 12/11/1944 - 11/01/1945 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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