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USS HUNTINGTON (CL-107)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Charlie - Juliet

CLASS - FARGO (Modified CLEVELAND)
Displacement 10,000 Tons, Dimensions, 611' 2" (oa) x 66' 4" x 25' (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/47, 12 x 5"/38AA, 28 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 5" Belt, 6" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 992.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 08 APR 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ
Commissioned 23 FEB 1946
Decommissioned 15 JUN 1949
Stricken 1 SEP 1961
Fate Sold for scrap on 16 MAY 1962 to Boston Metals, Baltimore, MD.

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Huntington 85k March 27, 1946 photo as completed. USN
Dayton 122k

USS Huntington (CL-107) Underway in the Delaware River, off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 27 March 1946.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98940.

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Dayton 155k

USS Huntington (CL-107) Underway, 12 April 1948.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98941.

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Dayton 91k

USS Huntington (CL-107) At Naples, Italy, circa 30 July - 11 August 1948. She was then commanded by Captain Arleigh A. Burke, USN. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93200.

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Dayton 329k USS Huntington (CL-107) at anchor, Venice, Italy, 30 AUG 1948. YNC Roy C. Barnes, USN (Ret.)
Dayton 115k

USS Huntington (CL-107) Anchored at Port Said, Egypt, on 22 September 1948, before transiting the Suez Canal on a voyage down the east coast of Africa. View looks forward from Huntington's forward superstructure. The Norwegian merchant ship Vesterøy is moored off her starboard bow.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98943.

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Dayton 64k

USS Huntington (CL-107) "Pollywogs" stand watch atop 6"/47 gun turret number two, during Equator crossing ceremonies in East African waters, 30 September 1948. Note array of radar antennas on the ships foremast and superstructure, including (from top): zenith search radar; air search radar; Mk. 13 fire control radar atop a Mk. 34 main battery gun director; and Mk. 25 fire control radar atop a Mk. 37 gun director. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93201.

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Dayton 91k

USS Huntington (CL-107) Entering harbor at Capetown, South Africa, at 1830 hrs, 15 October 1948. Note the twin-engine biplane flying at far right. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93202.

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Dayton 92k

USS Huntington (CL-107) Approaching Berth M, Duncan Docks, at Capetown, South Africa, in the late afternoon of 15 October 1948. Table Mountain is in the distance. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93203.

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Huntington
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A painting of USS Huntington (CL-107) at Port Said, Egypt in 1949 by artist Wayne Scarpaci. The title of the painting is "Exotict Egypt".

Wayne Scarpaci
Dayton 124k

Listed from left to right, USS Huntington (CL-107), USS Dayton (CL-105) and USS South Dakota (BB-57), laid up in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1961.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72674.

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Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Tallman, Donald Rex, CAPT   02/26/1946 -
Burke, Arleigh Albert, CAPT ADM 12/1947 - 12/1948

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves)


USS HUNTINGTON (CL-107) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Edmond L Pendleton
Address: 3977 Lees Ave Long Beach, CA, 90808-2337
Phone: 562-425-8196
E-mail: None


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