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USS PENSACOLA (CL/CA 24)


     

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - Item - Sugar - Jig (WWII phonetics)

CLASS - PENSACOLA
Displacement 9,100 Tons, Dimensions, 585' 6" (oa) x 65' 3" x 22' (Max)
Armament 10 x 8"/55, 4 x 5"/25, 6 x 21" tt. 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 4" Belt, 2 1/2 Turrets, 1" Deck, 1 1/4 Conning Tower.
Machinery, 107,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 635.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 27 OCT 1926 by the New York Navy Yard
Launched 25 APR 1929
Commissioned 06 FEB 1930
Reclassified CA 24 01 JUL 1931
Designated as a test ship for "Operation Crossroads" at Bikini Atoll
Survived atomic aerial burst on 1 JUL 1946
Survived atomic subsurface burst on 25 JUL 1946
Decommissioned 26 AUG 1946
Fate: Sunk as target on 10 NOV 1948 off the coast of Washington.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Combat Action Ribbon - American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (13) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy World War II Occupation Medal w/JAPAN Clasp - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal


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Pensacola
0402471
NR

Will Name Cruiser
Mrs. Josephine L. Seligman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Knowles, of Pensacola, Fla., will christen the new U. S. cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York soon.

Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire.[volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 06 April 1929, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402464
157k

Overhead view of the heavy cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) on the occasion of her launching on 25 April 1929, at the New York Navy Yard. Note the signal flags flying for the occasion and the crowd gathered along the sides of the ship. Pensacola was designated a heavy cruiser (CA 24) shortly after her commissioning. USS Pensacola Collection

National Museum of Naval Aviation, Photo #1986.053.001.002

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402467
157k Christening of the Pensacola (CL 24) by Mrs. Josephine K. Seligman. Dale Hargrave
Pensacola
0402454
157k Members of the crowd, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, watch as the Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways on 25 April 1929.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1986.049.002.

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402455
148k Water view as the Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways and enters the water for the first time on 25 April 1929.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1986.049.003

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402456
140k Water view as the Pensacola (CL 24) slides down the ways and enters the water for the first time on 25 April 1929.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1986.049.004

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402457
133k Tugs catch and tow the flag dressed Pensacola (CL 24) after her 25 April 1929 launching. A prize was awarded to the first tug that caught the ship after launching.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1986.049.005

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402470
NR Jingoists, Labor Misleaders, Hand In Hand at Warship Launching
Photo shows some of the fellow-Wall Street servants of William Green, president of the A. F. of L., at launching of new 10,000-ton war cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Among them are Mrs. J. K. Seligman, who “christened” the war cruiser and who gained her wealth in the exploitation of thousands of Southern workers; Secretary of the Navy Adams, a Massachusetts mill owner and bitter foe of the workers, and Admiral De Steiguer, commandant of Brooklyn Navy Yard, who supervises the exploitation of Navy Yard workers. All these were hailed as friends by William Green.
Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Daily Worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 26 April 1929, Final City Edition, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402412
NR GREEN AIDS CRUISER LAUNCHING, SHOUTS FOR BIG NAVY
Green Blesses New Wall Street Cruiser
William Green, labor faker, president of the A. F. of L., was one of the Wall Street lackeys who blessed the launching of the new 10,000 ton cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) at Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday. While Green was showing his faithfulness to the bosses, workers of the Navy Yard eagerly accepted copies of the The Daily Worker, over 1000 of which were distributed.
Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Daily Worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 27 April 1929, Final City Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402458
86k Launching ceremonies are complete for the Pensacola (CL 24) and the flag dressed ship is moored waiting for fitting out to begin.

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1986.049.001

Mike Green
Pensacola 174k Undated, Underway showing modifications, including search radar. USN
Pensacola
0402436
308k Undated pre-war view. Robert M. Cieri
Pensacola
0402437
266k

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

Photo by George Winstead.

Robert M. Cieri
Pensacola
0402472
NR

OFF FOR TESTS
The Pensacola (CL 24), newest 10,000 ton cruiser, passes under Brooklyn Bridge New York, en route to sea for tests.

Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 11 March 1930, Second Section, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402410
NR New U.S. Cruiser Commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard
This new 10,000 ton cruiser, USS Pensacola (CL 24), the most recent addition to Uncle Sam’s fighting slups. was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with appropriate ceremonies. The Pensacola was built under the 5-5-3 naval pact, and carries ten eight-inch guns. Inset shows, left, Captain A G. Howe, commander of tho new vessel and, right, Ke, a- Admiral L. R. de Steiguer, Commandant of the Navy Yard.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 22 March 1930, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402469
82k

Looking up and aft between the 2 barrels of the forward 8"/55 turret. Note that the barrels of the 8"/55 guns are polished metal, not painted and the Range Clock on the tripod mast.

From the May 1953 volume of Popular Mechanics.

David Upton
Pensacola 89k

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

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

USNHC
Pensacola
0402447
222k US Navy Recruiting photo of Pensacola in Gaillard Cut circa 1931. Darryl Baker
Salt Lake City
0402567
168k

View taken from the deck atop the aircraft hangar of USS Chicago (CA 29, circa 1932, and shows in line astern formation: USS Salt Lake City (CA 25), USS Louisville (CA 28), USS Northampton (CA 26), USS Pensacola (CA 24), USS Chester (CA 27), and USS Augusta (CA 31).

Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No. NH 51838

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402411
NR

A naval ceremony with a fitting background. The scene is from aboard the 10,000-ton cruiser Pensacola (CL 24) as Capt. David Worth Bagley took command of the ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with other warships berthed beyond.

Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 10 January 1932, Image 92, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402401
2.05k Pensacola (CL 24) during maneuvers at sea, Southern California, 1935-1939. Another ship can be seen at the edge of the frame. Likely related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Kept in Readiness to Meet Any Emergency,” 27 March 1932.

Photo courtesy of digital.library.ucla.edu

digital.library.ucla.edu
Louisville
0402888
5.8m

Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Oahu, Hawaii - Scouting Force ships at, and off, the yard, 2 February 1933. Cruisers tied up at 1010 Dock are (from left to left center) Augusta (CA 31), Chicago (CA 29) and Chester (CA 27). USS Northampton (CA 26) is alongside the dock in the center, with USS Kane (DD 235) in the adjacent Marine Railway and USS Fox (DD 234) tied up nearby. USS Louisville (CA 28) is in the center distance. Moored off her bow and at the extreme right are USS Salt Lake City (CA 25) and USS Pensacola (CA 24).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #80-G-451164, now in the collections of the National Archives.

NHHC
Pensacola 181k

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.

USNHC
Pensacola 102k

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.

USNHC
Pensacola 95k Photo taken at Pearl Harbor in May, 1942 before any modifications/refits. Clearly shown are old style radar on foremast and small tripod mainmast. Tripod mainmast was eventually replaced with a small tower superstructure between searchlight platform and #3 turret. USN
Pensacola 92k

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.

Scott Dyben
Pensacola
0402462
1.1m

USS Pensacola (CA 24) bringing in U.S. Marine Corps reinforcements to Midway on 24 June 1942. USS Ballard (AVD 10) is visible in the background. In the foreground is the tail of Ens. Bert Ernest's Grumman TBF-1 Avenger (BuNo 00380).

Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 80-G-12147

Mike Green / Robert Hurst
Pensacola 75k

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.

National Archives
Pensacola
0402440
54k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402441
48k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402442
49k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402443
49k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402444
98k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402445
41k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402446
77k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola 131k

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.

Scott Dyben
Pensacola
0402459
580k

Torpedo damage diagram of USS Pensacola (CA 24) from hit off Lunga Point on 30 November, 1942.

Navy Department Library, War Damage Report No. 35; USS Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402460
557k

Section damage diagram of USS Pensacola (CA 24) from torpedo hit off Lunga Point on 30 November, 1942.

Navy Department Library, War Damage Report No. 35; USS Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402461
641k

Flooding diagram of USS Pensacola (CA 24) after torpedo hit off Lunga Point on 30 November-1 December 1942.

Navy Department Library, War Damage Report No. 35; USS Pensacola (CA24) Torpedo Damage, received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402451
298k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402452
205k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402453
270k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola 65k

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.

National Archives / Edward H. Cleary
Pensacola 115k

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.

Scott Dyben
Pensacola 124k Shown at Mare Island on May 20, 1944 after being refitted. The tall foremast has a year to remain and this was a hallmark of the class from their completion. The original tripod mainmast is replaced with a short tower and 40mm A.A. guns are mounted at the open bridge level. USN
Pensacola 382k

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 to 20 May 1944.

U.S. Navy Photo #3024-44

Darryl Baker
Pensacola 1.3m

Stern view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) departing Mare Island on 20 May 1944. She was at the shipyard for repairs from 6 May to 20 May 1944. Note the LCT's to the left. Identifiable among the craft are 1071, 1074, and 1292. Contributor Tom Rickels' father, Ens. Gerald H. Rickels, was assigned to LCT (6) 1071, where he was the XO and later OinC.

U.S. Navy Photo #3031-44

Darryl Baker/Thomas Rickels
Pensacola 175k

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 to 20 May 1944.

U.S. Navy Photo #3036-44

Darryl Baker
Pensacola
0402438
279k Port side view of Pensacola in camouflage Measure 32, Design 14d. Robert M. Cieri
Pensacola 68k Taken 20 May 1944, after modifications, showing tripod mainmast replaced by small tower, location unknown (Caption updated by Bob Hirst). USN
Pensacola 79k

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.

USNHC / Edward H. Cleary
Pensacola 189k

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.

Darryl Baker
Pensacola
0402448
198k

Starboard broadside view indicating the location of 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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402449
198k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola
0402463
168k

Port broadside view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 June 1945. The ship has just completed her final refit. During this refit the tall tripod foremast was cut down, the tripod mainmast was replaced by a short tower, 40mm A.A. guns have been added at the bow, #1 and #4 turret range finders were removed and the starboard catapult was removed due to weight and stability problems. This was the final cruiser refit of WW2. The Pensacola is painted in MS21 camouflage scheme.

Photo Source: Mare Island Navy Yard, Photo No. 4940-45

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402465
159k

Bow view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 29 June 1945.

United States National Archives, Photo #19-N-87790

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402466
238k

Port quarter view of USS Pensacola (CA 24) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 29 June 1945.

United States National Archives, Photo #19-N-87789

Mike Green
Pensacola
0402450
168k

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

Tracy White
Pensacola 69k

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

National Archives
Pensacola
0502434
524K

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

U.S. Navy Photo #4937-45

Darryl Baker
Pensacola
0402435
339K

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

Darryl Baker
Pensacola
04035104
2m

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

National Archives
Pensacola
0402407
NR ATOM BOMB MAY DO WHAT JAP NAVY COULDN’T Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from Nogales International. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 28 June 1946, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola
0402475
NR Scrubbing Away Atom Bomb’s Effects Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 08 July 1946, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pensacola 126k

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.

USNHC
Pensacola
0402468
231k

USS Pensacola (CA 24) on 4 July 1946. Photo shows damage to stack and foremast, received during the "Able" blast of the Bikini atom bomb tests.

United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-627555

Mike Green
Pensacola 102k

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.

USNHC
Pensacola
0402474
1.04k Cruiser Pensacola (CA 24) is bombarded by shells from the guns of the first task fleet, on 10 November 1948. She sank some six hours later.Photo NH-79049 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Pensacola
0402473
1.32k Cruiser Pensacola (CA 24) is near missed by two AD "Sky-raider" attack planes while being expended as a target for the First Task Fleet, on 10 November 1948.Photo NH-79050 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Pensacola
0402406
1.32k CRUISER PENSACOLA (CA 24) NEARS END
Water swirls around the No. 1 gun turret of the much bombed Pensacola after a torpedo blew off the bow in exercises by the 1st Task Fleet off the Washington coast yesterday. The ship sank later. Noticeable is damage to the foremast and stack area. This happened during the nuclear tests, leaving the amidships area badly damaged.
Photo NH-79048 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Pensacola
0402439
39k The ship's bell from USS Pensacola. This image was taken on Friday, 13 June 2008 at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, where the bell is now housed. Judson Phillips

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Howe, Alfred Graham, CAPT 1901 RADM 02/06/1930 - 12/28/1931
Bagley Sr., David Worth, CAPT 1904 ADM 12/28/1931 - 06/10/1933
Michael, Herbert Harlan, CAPT 1904   06/10/1933 - 04/12/1935
Crenshaw, Russel Sydnor, CAPT 1907   04/12/1935 - 06/16/1936
Bowdey, George Hall, CAPT 1906 COMO 06/16/1936 - 12/06/1937
Denney, Andrew Daniel (Dens), CAPT 1908   12/06/1937 - 12/16/1939
Scott, Norman, CAPT 1911 RADM 12/16/1939 - 01/21/1942 (KIA)
Lowe, Frank Loper, CAPT 1914 VADM 01/21/1942 - 05/19/1943
Landstreet, James Collins, CDR 1924    
Mullinix, Allen Prather, CAPT 1920   05/19/1943 - 10/1943
Dees, Randall Euesta, CAPT 1917   06/12/1943 - 05/1944
Suits, Willard John, CAPT 1922   05/19/1944 - 02/1946
Ramsey, Donald James, CAPT 1924 RADM 02/1946 - 08/26/1946

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS PENSACOLA (CL/CA 24) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Ray V Snapp
Address: 3705 Heathwood Dr., Tipp City, OH, 45371-9392
Phone: 937-339-3217
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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