Undated, Port view showing general deck arrangements of deck area.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Starboard side view while at anchor, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Starboard bowview while at anchor, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Nice overhead view, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy Photo.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) underway in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 15 April 1943 [the day she was commissioned]. Note that she has not yet received her radar antennas. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91454.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) In Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 15 April 1943. Note her twin aircraft cranes and broad transom. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91457.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Underway off the Massachusetts coast, 18 June 1943. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91450.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 10 September 1943. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91451.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 10 September 1943. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91452.

Stern view of the USS Baltimore (CA-68) departing Mare Island on 25 Oct 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7274-43.

Bow view of the USS Baltimore (CA-68) departing Mare Island on 25 Oct 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7275-43.

Broadside view of the USS Baltimore (CA-68) off Mare Island on 25 Oct 1943. She was at Mare Island from 17 Oct until 25 Oct 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #7277-43.

Forward plan view of USS Baltimore (CA-68) at Mare Island on 16 July 44. She was at the yard from 6 July until 17 July 1944. The USS Vestal (AR-4) is in the background.

U.S. Navy photo #4543-44

Aft plan view of USS Baltimore (CA-68) at Mare Island on 16 July 44. She was at the yard from 6 July until 17 July 1944. The USS Vestal (AR-4) is in the background.

U.S. Navy photo #4546-44

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 16d. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91464.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 18 October 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 16d. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. Collection of James C. Fahey.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91462.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Plan view, forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944, at the end of an overhaul. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is in the background. Note the two different types of 8"/55 guns and turrets mounted on these heavy cruisers, and the paravanes aboard Baltimore. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-74297.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Plan view, amidships, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944, at the end of an overhaul. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is in the background. Note Baltimore's 5"/38 guns, armored conning tower, smokestacks and whaleboat. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship.

High Resolution (1.2mb) version of this photo, courtesy of Pieter Bakels

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-74298.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 October 1944, at the end of an overhaul. Note Baltimore's 5"/38 and 40mm guns, Mark 37 and Mark 34 gun directors (with antenna for Mark 8 radar atop the latter), OS2U floatplanes and aircraft cranes. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Several barges are moored in the distance, among them YF-461, YF-791 and YD-64.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-74299.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, while undergoing reactivation in 1951. The original print is dated 28 November 1951, the day Baltimore was recommissioned, but was probably taken somewhat earlier.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98241.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) underway in San Francisco Bay, late 1951. Note the Ship's band playing on the fantail.

Photograph by Allied Photograhers of San Francisco.

Portside view while at anchor in April 1952, location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

Portside view while underway in November 1952, location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

The crew manning the rails in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, during the United Kingdom's Coronation Naval Review off Spithead, England, in June 1953. The ship just astern of Baltimore is HMS Starling (F-66). Note life rafts stowed atop the cruiser's after 8"/55 triple gun turret; motor launch on deck at left and HUP helicopter parked just in front of the hangar hatch.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 91465.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 22 September 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 52422.

Sailors removing bucklers from the 8"/55 guns of her Number Two turret, while preparing her for decommissioning at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. Photo is stamped with the date 28 May 1956. The men are identified as GM1 B.J. Belue, SN J.L. Tinkle, GM2 J.R. Marue, GM3 G.A. Bushur and GM2 R.D. Brehm.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98245.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) in drydock at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, while preparing for decommissioning. Photo is stamped with the date 28 May 1956. Original caption reads: "Looking like new, after painting, the anchor chain is hauled back aboard."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98244.