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Undated, Pre war image, showing Forward part of ship. |
USN |
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98k |
Undated, Starboard side view at San Francisco (Alcatraz
in background). |
Jon Burdett |
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USS Raleigh (CL 7) At Marseille, France, during the 1920s. Courtesy
of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77177.
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USNHC |
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USS Raleigh (CL 7) Steaming past the bow of another light cruiser,
off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the later 1920s. Donation of Franklin
Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64637.
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USNHC |
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USS Raleigh (CL 7) At anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 26 April
1930. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64626.
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USNHC |
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USS Los Angeles (ZR 3) With the Navy blimps J 2 and
ZMC 2, flying over USS Raleigh (CL 7) and another light cruiser,
during maneuvers off Atlantic City, New Jersey, 11 October 1930. Donation
of Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 65298.
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USNHC |
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98k |
USS Raleigh (CL 7) Anchored in San Diego harbor, California,
21 October 1933. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64621.
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U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. |
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82k |
Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone - Aerial photograph taken
23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together.
Ships present include (left to right in lower left):
USS Elliot (DD
146);
USS Roper (DD
147);
USS Hale (DD
133);
USS Dorsey (DD
117);
USS Lea (DD
118);
USS Rathburne
(DD 113);
USS Talbot (DD
114);
USS Waters (DD
115);
USS Dent (DD
116);
USS Aaron Ward
(DD 132);
USS Buchanan
(DD 131);
USS Crowninshield
(DD 134);
USS Preble (DD
345); and
USS William
B. Preston (DD 344).
(left to right in center):
USS Yarnall
(DD 143);
USS Sands (DD
243);
USS Lawrence
(DD 250);
(unidentified destroyer);
USS Detroit (CL 8), Flagship, Destroyers
Battle Force;
USS Fox (DD
234);
USS Greer (DD
145);
USS Barney (DD
149);
USS Tarbell
(DD 142); and
USS Chicago (CA 29), Flagship, Cruisers
Scouting Force.
(left to right across the top):
USS Southard
(DD 207);
USS Chandler
(DD 206);
USS Farenholt
(DD 332);
USS Perry (DD
340);
USS Wasmuth
(DD 338);
USS Trever (DD
339);
USS Melville
(AD 2);
USS Truxtun
(DD 229);
USS McCormick
(DD 223);
USS MacLeish
(DD 220);
USS Simpson
(DD 221);
USS Hovey (DD
208);
USS Long (DD
209);
USS Litchfield
(DD 336);
USS Tracy (DD
214);
USS Dahlgren
(DD 187);
USS Medusa
(AR 1);
USS Raleigh (CL 7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force;
USS Pruitt (DD
347); and
USS J. Fred
Talbott (DD 156);
USS Dallas (DD
199);
(four unidentified destroyers);
and
USS Indianapolis (CA 35), Flagship,
Cruisers Scouting Force.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives. |
Scott Dyben |
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Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - USS Raleigh (CL 7) is
kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a
Japanese torpedo and a bomb, 7 December 1941. The barge has salvage
pontoons YSP-14 and YSP-13 on board. The capsized hull of USS
Utah (AG 16) is visible astern of Raleigh.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-19938.
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National Archives |
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165k |
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - USS Raleigh (CL 7) being
kept afloat by a salvage barge moored to her port side, after she had
been torpedoed and damaged by a bomb during the Japanese raid.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives.
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Scott Dyben |
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USS Cassin
(DD 372), at right, capsized, and USS
Downes (DD 375), under salvage in Drydock Number One at the
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 27 January 1942. They had been wrecked during
the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Also in the drydock is USS
Raleigh (CL 7), which was under repair for torpedo damage received
on 7 December.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 54563.
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USNHC |
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165k |
USS Cassin
(DD 372), at right, and USS
Downes (DD 375), under salvage in Drydock Number One at the
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 5 February 1942, the day Cassin was
righted from her previous position capsized against Downes. They
had been wrecked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Also
in the drydock is USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was under repair
for torpedo damage received on 7 December.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 54564
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USNHC |
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Photo Caption: "Broadside view of damage to Raleigh caused
by torpedo explosion between frames 53 and 58 on the port side. Photo
taken 3 January 1942."
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard
General Correspondence files, 1941-47
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Tracy White |
0400722 |
149k |
Photo Caption: "View looking along port outboard shaft showing
how side of ship is indented due to bomb explosion in water. Exit hole
covered by patch is at frame 112."
The box in the upper right of the photo is the patch they're referring
to.
National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard
General Correspondence files, 1941-47
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Tracy White |
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USS Raleigh (CL 7) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
6 July 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-30915.
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National Archives |
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USS Raleigh (CL 7) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
6 July 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-30916.
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National Archives |
0400720 |
134k |
Port quarter view taken at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 15 April 1943.
U.S. Navy photo
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David buell |
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66k |
USS Raleigh (CL 7) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton,
Washington, 25 May 1944, following overhaul. The ship is painted in
camouflage Measure 32, Design 1d.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-65901.
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National Archives |
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87k |
USS Raleigh (CL 7) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton,
Washington, 25 May 1944, following overhaul. The ship is painted in
camouflage Measure 32, Design 1d.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-65903.
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National Archives |
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90k |
USS Raleigh (CL 7) In Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Aleutians,
6 September 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design
1d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97394.
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USNHC |
0401220 |
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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 |
0401221 |
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 |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Watts, William Carleton, CAPT |
RADM |
02/06/1924 - |
| Riddle, William King, CAPT |
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01/01/1928 - 05/22/1929 |
| Frederick, Ernest, CAPT |
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05/22/1929 - 12/29/1930 |
| McCandless, Byron, CAPT |
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12/29/1930 - |
| Foy, Edward James, CAPT |
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~1936 |
| Maddox, Charles. Hamilton, CAPT |
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~1938 - |
| Hersey Jr., Mark Leslie, CAPT |
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~1939 |
| Simons, Robert Bentham, CAPT |
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~1941 - |
| Waldschmidt, Theodore Max, CAPT |
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02/1943 - 04/14/1943 |
| Sprague Jr., Albert Tilden, CAPT |
|
04/14/1943 - 06/30/1944 |
| Davis, Ward Percival, CAPT |
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11/1943 - |
| Berry, Robert Wallace, CAPT |
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06/29/1945 - 10/02/1945 |
