Undated port side photo while at anchor. Note the two cruisers behind her.

Photo by George Winstead.

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Photographed at anchor, during the 1930s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 662.

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Officers, Sailors and Marines in the ship's midships well deck, 1933. Note details of catapults, and the four Vought O2U-4 floatplanes. The plane at far right is Bureau # 8334.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 51885.

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Underway at sea, September 1935.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center #NH 97838.

Battle of Midway, June 1942 - View looking astern on USS Pensacola (CA 24) as she steams to the aid of USS Yorktown (CV 5) during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942. Ships following are probably USS Benham (DD 397), at left, and USS Vincennes (CA 44). Wake at far right is probably that of USS Balch (DD 363). These four ships were detached from Task Force 16 to augment the screen of the nearby Task Force 17 after Yorktown was hit and temporarily stopped by Japanese dive bombers.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

USS Pensacola (CA 24) At anchor in a south Pacific port, 28 September 1942. An oiler (AO) is in the left distance.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

5765-5: 1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

1 December 1942
USS Pensacola. Close up of damaged area.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

5765-10: 1 December 1942
USS Vestal repair men cutting away wreckage. Man with hose is immediately over after engine room.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

5765-11: 1 December 1942
Hole made by torpedo after wreckage had been cleared away.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

Damage received in action 29 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga

5765-21: 1 December 1942
Outer bulkhead of number three turret's barbette.

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor General Correspondence Files 1941-45

USS Pensacola (CA 24) alongside USS Vestal (AR 4), undergoing repair of torpedo damage received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Note the hole in her side below the mainmast, and the extensive fire damage in the area of that mast and the number three eight-inch gun turret. Photographed at Espirito Santo, New Hebrides, on 17 December 1942.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-33862.

Preparing for the removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 29 January 1943. The turret was damaged during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

Removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 29 January 1943. The turret was damaged during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

Removal of 8" turret #3 while at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 29 January 1943. The turret was damaged during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Righting operations for the overturned USS Oklahoma (BB 37) can be seen in the distance.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Photographed on 14 October 1943. She is accompanied by two tugs, one small harbor type and the other (at right) an old Navy fleet tug.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-67932.

USS Salt Lake City (CA 25), USS Pensacola (CA 24) and USS New Orleans (CA 32) (listed from left to right) Nested together at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943. Ford Island is at the left, with USS Oklahoma (BB 37) under salvage at the extreme left, just beyond Salt Lake City's forward superstructure. Note the radar antennas, gun directors and eight-inch guns on these three heavy cruisers.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-264236.

Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) at Mare Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from 6 May until 20 May 1944.

U.S. Navy Photo #3024-44

Stern view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) departing Mare Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from 6 May until 20 May 1944.

U.S. Navy Photo #3031-44

Bow on view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) departing Mare Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from 6 May until 20 May 1944.

U.S. Navy Photo #3036-44

USS Pensacola (CA 24) In Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska, 9 June 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 14d.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center #NH 97839.

Broadside view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare Island upon her arrival for overhaul on 7 May 1945. The photos show locations of projectile hits received off Iwo Jima.

U.S. Navy Photo 3382-45.

Starboard broadside view indicating the location od projectile hits sustained while operating off of Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945. Photo was taken on 7 May 1945 while off Mare Island, CA.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

View of projectile damage. Photo was taken on 25 May 1945 while drydocked at Mare Island, CA.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

Starboard side view while off Mare Island after completion of repairs. Photo taken on 11 July 1945.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 29 June 1945.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-87787

Stern view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare Island on 29 June 1945.

U.S. Navy Photo #4937-45

Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) at Mare Island on 3 July 1945. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 May to 11 July 1945.

U.S. Navy photo #5048-45

USS Pensacola (CA 24) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 July 1945, at the end of her final overhaul. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Note her main battery of twin and triple eight-inch gun turrets. USS Indianapolis (CA 35) and the lighter YF-390 are at left. . (Tall tripod foremast is cut down, tripod mainmast is replaced by a short tower, 40mm A.A. guns have been added at the bow, #1 and #4 turret range finders are removed and the starboard catapult is removed due to weight problems. The Pensacola was the last cruiser refit during WW2)

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-87792

USS Pensacola (CA-24) View on the ship's afterdeck, looking forward, showing damage inflicted during the Operation "Crossroads" atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in July 1946. Men in the foreground are examining the remains of equipment placed on her deck to test the effects of the bomb explosion. Note the caution signs painted on her after eight-inch gun turret, presumably to reduce fire risks and prevent the taking of radioactive items as souvenirs.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center #NH 97840.

USS Pensacola (CA 24) Is towed out of Puget Sound, Washington, en route to sea for disposal as a target in First Task Fleet exercises, 9 November 1948.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 86700.