U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 53562.

In Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, 14 July 1939. The Aloha Tower is in the right background.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives #80-G-451205.

USS Honolulu (CL 48) operating off Hawaii on 5 November 1941, with her aircraft recovery mat draped over her stern. The ship is painted in dark Measure 1 camouflage, but her boats are still in peacetime light grey.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-279383.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Historical Center (NH 64478).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Historical Center (NH 83060).

Starboard bow view while off Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 October 1942.

Photograph from the collections of NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard Ships Files

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-36362.

Starboard quarter view while off Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 October 1942.

Photograph from the collections of NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard Ships Files

USS Honolulu (CL 48), at left Returning from the Battle of Kula Gulf, at 0810 hrs on 6 July 1943. Also visible are USS St. Louis (CL 49), at right, and a Fletcher class destroyer. Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD 449). The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 83012.

Dawn, 13 July 1943 - Enroute Tulagi Harbor - View of forecastle from the Navigation Bridge. At this time the ship was making turns for 22 knots, using boiler power for 29 knots, and making 16 knots through the water.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

Dawn, 13 July 1943 - Enroute Tulagi Harbor - View of the stern showing 21" by 21" hole on centerline above the waterline left by the dud torpedo. Initial reports on this torpedo protruding from the stern were doubted as investigators sent aft after the stern was evacuated found no torpedo - it having fallen out. Sounding in the vicinity were dry. D-415-A, spare parts had no sounding tube. Subsequent investigation disclosed the hole and about
3 feet of watev in D-415-A, spare parts.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

13 July 1943 - Tulagi Harbor - View of dud torpedo hole in stern. At this time a patch was welded over the hole.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943 - USS Honolulu (CL 48) in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, for temporary repair of damage received when she was torpedoed in the bow during the Battle of Kolombangara. USS Vireo (AT 144) is assisting the damaged cruiser. Note billboard on the hillside beyond Honolulu's collapsed bow. See Photo # 80-G-259446 (cropped) for a close-up view of this sign.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #NH 83012.

Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943 - Collapsed bow of USS Honolulu (CL 48), after she was torpedoed in the Battle of Kolombangara. Photographed while she was under repair at Tulagi on 20 July 1943. Note anchor chain and other foredeck details.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives #80-G-259422.

View of crane taking underwater section of bow to the beach. The bow was finally landed on the beach by 2 cranes and bulldozers, where it was cut up; the structure, fittings, and miscellaneous equipment contained therein salvaged.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

View of the hull after the the damaged bow had been removed.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

View of first deck stringer in place on the third deck. Most of the cutting away of scrap metal has been accomplished. At this time the draft forward was about 19 feet, ammunition, fuel oil, and the damaged bow having been removed.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

Construction of a temporary bow is underway.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

USS Honolulu (CL 48) underway near Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 7 August 1943, en route to Pearl Harbor for battle damage repairs. She has been fitted with a short false bow as a temporary replacement for that lost in the Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives #80-G-259466.

Drydocked at Pearl Harbor Navy Shipyard on 23 August 1943. The temporary bow is being inspected prior to commencing the installation of the replacement bow.

Photograph from NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence, 1941-45

Port bow view of the USS Honolulu (CL 48) off Mare Island on 12 November 1943.

Photograph from the collections of NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard Ships Files

Stern view of the USS Honolulu (CL 48) off Mare Island on 12 November 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7618-43.

Broadside view of the USS Honolulu (CL 48) off Mare Island on 12 November 1943 near the conclusion of her overhaul at the yard. She was under repairs from 6 Sep to 16 Nov 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7620-43.

Bow view of the USS Honolulu (CL 48) off Mare Island on 12 November 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7622-43.

USS Honolulu (CL 48) in a south Pacific port, probably during the spring of 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 2c. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on 10 July 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-K-1637.

Invasion of Leyte, October 1944 - USS Honolulu (CL 48) beached off Leyte on 21 October 1944, after she had been torpedoed. A fleet tug (ATF) is alongside.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives 80-G-289685.