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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Making 10.74 knots during trials off Rockland, Maine, 12 January 1937. Photographed while the ship was running south, at 12:58 PM. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-17183 |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Underway at 22.03 knots while on trials off Rockland, Maine, 12 January 1937. The photograph was taken while the ship was running south at 3:47 PM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50844 |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Steaming at high speed, circa February 1937. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 95303 |
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97k | USS Vincennes (CA 44) at Portsmouth, England, in June 1937. The ship in the left distance is the catapult trial's ship HMS Pegasus (ex-HMS Ark Royal). |
Robert Hurst | |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Passing through the Panama Canal on 6 January 1938, while en route to join the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific. Note crewmen on her deck, watching the airplane from which the photograph was taken. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50845 |
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49k | From DANFS: "Vincennes steamed to the Azores and visited Ponta Delgada from 4 to 6 June 1940 before she proceeded on for French Morocco to load a shipment of gold for transport to the United States." | Carlos Manuel Estrela | |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) At Pearl Harbor, circa 26-28 May 1942, prior to departing to take part in the Battle of Midway. A Curtiss SOC floatplane is in the left foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-66128 |
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USS Yorktown (CV 5), in the distant left center, being abandoned after suffering torpedo damage, 4 June 1942. A destroyer is standing by off the listing carrier's stern, and USS Vincennes (CA 44) is steaming by in the middle distance. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-21664). |
Gerd Matthes, Germany | |
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USS Vincennes (CA 44) Underway during tactical exercises in Hawaiian waters, 8 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives - 80-G-10116 |
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| Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
| Green, Burton Hepburn, CAPT | 02/24/1937 - | |
| Stevens, Lemuel Mussetter, CAPT | 1938 - 07/1939 | |
| Beardall, John Reginald, CAPT | RADM | 07/1939 - 04/1940 |
| Riefkohl, Frederick Lois, CAPT | RADM | 04/23/1941 - 08/09/1942 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS VINCENNES (CA 44) History
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