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USS Wichita (CA-45) Operating in the Atlantic Ocean, out of
Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 May 1940. Note the markings on her turret tops
(bars on the forward turrets, a circle on the after turret). These scheme
was used on several other heavy cruisers in 1939-40.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 93145
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USS Wichita (CA-45) Steaming through heavy weather,
while operating as a unit of Task Force Four in the North Atlantic, September
1941.
Photographed from USS
Wasp (CV-7). Collection of Vice Admiral Robert C. Giffen, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 94652.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) rides out a winter storm off Iceland in
1941-42. Note the PBY patrol plane on the deck of the seaplane tender
from which the photograph was taken.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97885.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) together with HMS London operating
in northern waters as part of the British Home Fleet in 1942.
Imperial War Museum Photograph.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) at anchor in Scapa Flow in April 1942. USS
Wasp (CV-7) is in the background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97884.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) Operating with the British Home Fleet, in
the vicinity of Scapa Flow, 22 April 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-21010.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) in heavy weather, while patrolling in the
North Atlantic, circa early 1942. View looks forward from the pilothouse,
with the forward 5"/38 gun's barrel in the foreground. Note the life
rafts stowed atop the # 2 eight-inch gun turret.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-405279.
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Battle of Casablanca, November 1942 USS Wichita (CA-45) engaging
the French battleship Jean Bart, off Casablanca, Morocco, on
8 November 1942. Note the shell splashes off Wichita's bow.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-38835.
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USS Wichita (CA-45) Underway at sea, 2 May 1944, during operations
in the central Pacific.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 90428.
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Saipan Operation, June 1944 - Port side and after 5"/38 guns of USS
Wichita (CA-45) firing on enemy targets on Saipan, 26 June 1944.
The guns' simultaneous discharge indicates they are firing under director
control. Note the 40mm gun mount at left, with ammunition loaded but
no personnel present.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-238240.
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1945 overhead of the Wichita firing a broadside. |
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USS Wichita (CA-45) in Nagasaki Harbor, Japan, in
September 1945, a few weeks after the end of World War II. Hospital ships
in the left background are USS
Sanctuary (AH-17) and USS
Haven (AH-12). Collection of Admiral Harry W. Hill, USN, 1968.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 65834.
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