USS Nashville (CL-43) In the Hudson River, off New York City, in 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the right distance. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 68318

USS Nashville (CL-43) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 1 April 1942. She is wearing Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-28993

Photo taken off a 16mm film.

USS Nashville (CL-43) - View on board the ship, looking aft from amidships on the starboard side. Taken on 11-13 May 1943, before or just after Task Force 18's 13 May bombardment of Japanese positions on Kolombangara and New Georgia islands. The ship immediately astern is USS St. Louis (CL-49). Note details of Nashville's after superstructure, main battery gun director, and the 1.1-inch quad anti-aircraft machine gun mount at left.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center - NH 97963

1.1-inch quad anti-aircraft machinegun mounting Located on the starboard side amidships of USS Nashville (CL-43). Photographed 11-13 May 1943, before or just after the 13 May bombardment of Japanese positions on Kolombangara and New Georgia islands. Note the metal shroud installed around the barrels of this gun mount.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center - NH 97963 (cropped).

USS Nashville (CL-43) - Plan view amidships, looking aft along the starboard side, with the ship's forward superstructure emphasized. Taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 30 July 1943. Note the Mark 33 (lower, with rear toward the camera) and Mark 34 gun directors, with the antenna of a Mark 8 fire control radar atop the Mk. 34; antenna for a SK-1 search radar atop the foremast; lightly armored conning tower at the front of the bridge; floater nets atop the number three 6"/47 triple gun turret; and shipyard railway crane on the pier. Circled areas have recently received modifications.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-49139

After plan view of the USS Nashville (CL 43) at Mare Island on 30 July 1943. Note that hanger for scout plane is open.

U.S. Navy Photo #5453-43

Stern view of the USS Nashville (CL 43) departing Mare Island on 4 August 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #5622-43

Broadside view of the USS Nashville (CL 43) off Mare Island on 4 August 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 4 June until 7 August 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #5624-43.

Here she is shown in measure 32/21D, a camouflage pattern that she only carried from sometime in the spring of 1944.

Caption corrected by Aryeh Wetherhorn.

Leyte Invasion, October 1944 - General Douglas MacArthur (right, seen in profile) on the bridge of USS Nashville (CL-43), off Leyte during the landings there in late October 1944. Standing in the center (also seen in profile) is Lieutenant General George C. Kenney.

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives - USA C-259

Leyte Invasion, October 1944 - General Douglas MacArthur's flagship, USS Nashville (CL-43), anchored off Leyte during the landings, circa 21 October 1944. Nashville wears camouflage Measure 33, Design 21d.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-374940.

USS Nashville (CL-43) crewmen cleaning up the port side 5"/25 gun battery, after the ship was hit in that area by a Kamikaze on 13 December 1944, while en route to the Mindoro invasion. Note fire damage to the guns and nearby structure.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-K-6886.

USS Nashville (CL-43) Underway in Puget Sound, Washington, on 25 March 1945.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-80853