Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across
To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And
Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.
NavSource Online: Cruiser Photo Archive
USS SALT LAKE CITY (CL/CA-25)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Sierra - Kilo
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 09 JUN 1927 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ
Launched 23 JAN 1929
Commissioned 11 DEC 1929
Reclassified CA-25 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 29 AUG 1946
Stricken 18 JUN 1948
Fate: Sunk as target on 25 MAY 1948 130 miles off the Southern California
coast.
| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
114k | Undated, Note the signal flags. | USN | |
 |
79k | Undated Pre War Image. | Jesse P. Mannix | |
 |
130k | The Salt Lake City at New York Shipbuilding in January,1929 just prior to being launched. | USN | |
 |
131k | The launching of the Salt Lake City as seen on January 23, 1929. | USN | |
 |
125k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) underway during the early
1930s. She is flying the flag of the President of the United States at
her mainmast peak.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2206. |
||
 |
224k |
Over head underway, August 23 1935, Excellent detail shot. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-463290 |
National Archives | |
 0402530 |
248k | Mid 1930's Starboard bow view. | Robert M. Cieri | |
 0402531 |
345k |
Portside view of Salt Lake City in Dress Ship while at anchor. Photo by George Winstead. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
 0402532 |
349k | Starboard bow view while at anchor. | Robert M. Cieri | |
 0402534 |
73k |
Port bow view while underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, February 1941 NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ship Files |
Tracy White | |
 0402535 |
68k |
Port quarter view while underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, February 1941 NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ship Files |
Tracy White | |
 |
66k |
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Brisbane, Australia, in mid-1941, while wearing "false-bow-wave" camouflage. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 80837. |
Fred Weiss | |
 |
92k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) fires her after 8"/55
guns while bombarding a Japanese-held island in February 1942. This view
has long been identified has a scene from the 24 February bombardment
of Wake. However, it may have been taken on 1 February, during the bombardment
of Wotje, in the Marshall Islands. Note Curtiss SOC "Seagull"
floatplane in the foreground, with the cruiser's after stack and aircraft
crane immediately to the right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50946. |
USNHC | |
 |
49k | 1943 photo of the Salt Lake City. The class was unique for their 2 and 3 gun main battery. | USN | |
 |
67k |
Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26 March 1943. USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in action during the battle, with an enemy salvo landing astern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-73827. |
Scott Dyben | |
 0402533 |
16k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) during the Battle of the Komandorskis, dead in the water. She is being screened by the USS Dale. | Robert Hurst | |
 |
67k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
on 29 March 1943, three days after she participated in the Battle of the
Komandorski Islands. Note staining on her hull side, possibly from ice.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-299022. |
Scott Dyben | |
 |
234k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Mare Island Navy Yard taken on 10 April 1943. She is berth at the ammo pier at the South end of the yard. The photos show her battle damage received off the Aleutians in March 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
 |
247k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Mare Island Navy Yard taken on 10 April 1943. She is berth at the ammo pier at the South end of the yard. The photos show her battle damage received off the Aleutians in March 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
 |
254k |
Amidships view of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 10 May 1943. Destroyer to the right above the aft funnel is USS Anderson (DD-411) and there are submarine hull sections to the right of the forward funnel. U.S. Navy Photo #3548-43. |
Darryl Baker | |
 |
179k |
Forward plan view of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 10 May 1943. U.S. Navy Photo #3550-43. |
Darryl Baker | |
 |
233k | Aft plan view of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 10 May 1943. Destroyer to the right is USS Anderson (DD-411) and there are submarine hull sections above and to the right of the aft superstructure. | Darryl Baker | |
 |
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 | |
 0402536 |
71k |
Port broadside view while underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 June 1944. NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ship Files |
Tracy White | |
 0402537 |
58k |
Bow on view while underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 June 1944. NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ship Files |
Tracy White | |
 |
326k |
Forward plan view of USS Salt Lake CIty (CA-25) at Mare Island on 24 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 6 May until 27 June 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #3869-44 |
Darryl Baker | |
 |
145k | Amidships view of the Salt Lake City during a refit at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1944. Open forward 5" secondaries, twin 40mm mounts, and twin amidship catapults are visible in this photo. | USN | |
 |
400k |
Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Salt Lake CIty (CA-25) at Mare Island on 24 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 6 May until 27 June 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #3866-44 |
Darryl Baker | |
 |
78k | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) off the Mare Island Navy
Yard, California, 21 June 1944.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-67713. |
National Archives | |
 |
245k |
Broadside view of USS Salt Lake CIty (CA-25) off Mare Island on 21 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 6 May until 27 June 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #3676-44 |
Darryl Baker | |
 |
105k | Stern view of the Salt Lake City as seen in dazzle camouflage on June 21, 1944. Aft 40mm gun tubs, smoke canisters and the super firing twin and triple 8" main gun turrets are visible. | USN | |
 |
103k | Sister to the Pensacola, the "Swayback Maru" (as
her crew called her), suffered the same fate. Shown here, afire and sinking on May 25, 1948, she's taking the final plunge. Her resting place is 130 miles off the Southern California coast. |
USN | |
|
Commanding
Officers
|
||
| Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
| Oliver, Frederick Lansing, CAPT | 12/11/1929 - 01/04/1932 | |
| Coxe, Lewis, CAPT | 01/04/1932 - 12/02/1933 | |
| Johnson Jr., Isaac Cureton, CAPT | 12/02/1933 - 04/13/1935 | |
| Farquhar, Allan Shannon, CAPT | 04/13/1935 - 10/14/1936 | |
| Coffman, Richard Boush, CAPT | 10/14/1936 - 10/15/1938 | |
| Allen, Archer Meredith Ruland, CAPT | 10/15/1938 - 11/14/1940 | |
| Zacharias Sr., Ellis Mark, CAPT | RADM | 11/14/1940 - 04/10/1942 |
| Small, Ernest Gregor (Shorty), CAPT | RADM | 04/10/1942 - 01/02/1943 |
| Rodgers, Bertram Joseph, CAPT | VADM | 01/02/1943 - 09/05/1943 |
| Busbey Jr., Leroy White, CAPT | 09/05/1943 - 10/25/1944 | |
| Mitchell, Edward Alexander, CAPT | 10/25/1944 - 09/27/1945 | |
| Connor, John D., CAPT | 09/27/1945 - 08/29/1946 | |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS SALT LAKE CITY (CL/CA-25) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
CA-25 - SSN-716
Contact Name: Sandra Thompson-Eskew
Address: 3642 Circle Drive Place, Grove, Oklahoma 74344
Phone: 918-786-9638
E-mail: sandysq@sbcglobal.net
Note About Contacts.