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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding
Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 February 1942. Courtesy
of James Russell, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75597.
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Photographed circa early December 1942,
probably in the vicinity of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98083.
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Photographed by the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, Pennsylvania, probably in the Delaware River or Delaware Bay on
12 December 1942. Note the seaplane floats on her catapults.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98084.
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Enters Havannah Harbor, Efate, New Hebrides,
as seen from USS Columbia (CL-56)
on 22 April 1943. Note the Curtiss SOC "Seagull" floatplane in the right
foreground, and the worn paintwork on Montpelier's hull, forward
and amidships, with apparently fresh paint further aft.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-384393.
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Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, USN Receives the Navy Cross medal from
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, in ceremonies held on the after deck of
USS Montpelier (CL-57), 11 December 1943. Probably taken in Tulagi
Harbor, Solomon Islands.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-K-2432.
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Starboard side view in late 1942/early 1943. Here she is in camouflage
pattern Measure 12 (modified).
Caption corrected by Aryeh Wetherhorn.
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) En route from the Marshall Islands to
take part in the invasion of Saipan, 11 June 1944. Photographed from
USS Gambier
Bay (CVE-73).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98085.
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Starboard bow view in drydock at Mare Island, October 1944. |
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
following overhaul, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure
32, Design 11a.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98086.
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
following overhaul, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure
32, Design 11a.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98087.
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Stern view of USS Montpelier (CL-57) off Mare Island on 18 Oct
44.
U.S. Navy Photo #6278-44
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Broadside view of USS Montpelier (CL-57) off Mare Island on
18 Oct 44. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 22 August to 25
October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #6375-44
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USS Montpelier (CL-57) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
at the end of an overhaul, 21 October 1944. The ship in the background,
with weathered Measure 32, Design 7d camouflage, is USS
Indianapolis (CA-35), which had recently arrived at the Navy
Yard for overhaul. Circles mark recent alterations to Montpelier.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98088.
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Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Montpelier (CL-57) at
Mare Island on 21 Oct 44. The sterns of USS
Indianapolis (CA-35) and USS Baltimore
(CA-68) are seen to the right.
U.S. Navy Photo #6372-44
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Plan view midships looking forward while at Mare Island, CA, 21 October
1944.
U.S. Navy photo #6377-44
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