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The day before she was commissioned, the Pittsburgh
is shown on October 9, 1944 in dazzle camouflage. |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) In Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 9 October
1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98247.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Underway in November 1944. Her camouflage
is Measure 33, Design 18d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1035735.
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Fred Weiss/National Archives |
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Photo taken June 10, 1945 showing the Pittsburgh
returning to base. On June 5, 1945, she lost 104 feet of her bow during
a typhoon. |
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Photo taken June 10, 1945 showing the Pittsburgh
returning to base. On June 5, 1945, she lost 104 feet of her bow during
a typhoon. |
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Photo taken June 10, 1945 showing the Pittsburgh
returning to base. On June 5, 1945, she lost 104 feet of her bow during
a typhoon. |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) En route to Guam for temporary repairs,
shortly after she lost her bow in a typhoon on 5 June 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-325746.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) At Guam, circa mid-June 1945, showing
damage forward. She lost her bow in a typhoon on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98249.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
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View of the Pittsburgh's severed bow section during
the morning of the typhoon 5 June 1945 from USS
Harrison (DD-573) bridge. Photo by F. Lucas/T. McCann. Noted by
ship's company as Pittsburgh suburb. |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) - Sailors working on the cruiser's detached
and capsized bow, during salvage operations at Guam, circa June 1945.
It had broken away from the ship in a typhoon on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98253.
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) - Divers working on the cruiser's severed
bow, during salvage operations at Guam, circa June 1945. The bow had
broken away from the ship in a typhoon on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-K-5929.
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National Archives |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Recovering the starboard anchor from
the cruiser's severed bow, during salvage operations at Guam, circa
June 1945. The bow had broken away from the ship in a typhoon on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-K-5928.
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Fred Weiss/National Archives |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) - Lifting the starboard anchor from the
cruiser's severed bow, during salvage operations at Guam, circa June
1945. The bow had broken away from the ship in a typhoon on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-K-5926.
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The bow of USS Pittsburgh - towed in - cut up and
restored. |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Lifting the starboard anchor from the
cruiser's detached and capsized bow, during salvage operations at Guam,
circa June 1945. The bow had broken away from the ship in a typhoon
on 5 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98252.
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National Archives |
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Shown at Guam shortly after surviving the typhoon, the Pittsburgh
is tied up to the USS Duluth (CL-87)
before returning to the United States for repairs. The Duluth had
her bow bent upwards from the ravages of the typhoon, but was repaired
without returning stateside. |
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Seen here in dry dock to make repairs for her journey home.
Pittsburgh was sent back to the States for a new bow and was at
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard when the war ended. (Recommissioned for service
during the Korean War, she was finally decommissioned on August 28, 1956,
her active service life completed. She was stricken on July 1, 1973 and
scrapped shortly thereafter.) |
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In this photo USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) appears to be on a power
run, possibly after having her bow repaired after loosing it in a typhoon
on 5 June 1945.
U.S. Navy Photo
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) -Crewmen swab down the top
of the cruiser's number two eight-inch gun turret, in preparation for
chipping and repainting. She is at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton,
Washington, during her initial post-reactivation trials, circa September
1951. She was recommissioned on 25 September.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection
at the Naval Historical Center #NH 97072.
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Anchored in Suda Bay, Crete, 8 May 1952.
Photographed from a USS
Midway (CVB-41) aircraft. Pittsburgh's gun directors still have
World War II era fire control radars.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-441562.
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Fred Weiss/National Archives |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Underway at sea during the middle 1950s,
after she had been refitted with 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns and new radars.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50353.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Underway during the middle 1950s, after
she had been refitted with 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns and new radars.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50354.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
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The USS Pittsburg (CL-72) berthed at Mare Island on 22 July
1955. She was under goind repairs at the yard from 21 July to 26 Ocotober
1955.
U.S. Navy Photo #26088-7-55
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Darryl Baker |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) Underway, 11 October 1955.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98248.
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Fred Weiss/USNHC |
