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Undated, As built showing this class as completed. |
USN |
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Undated, Port side image. |
Scott McCoy |
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Starboard Bow view. From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier
of New Orleans, LA. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier. |
Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier. |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) off Melbourne, Australia during a 1925 fleet visit.
State Library Victoria, Photo #H91.325/415 |
Mike Green |
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USS Memphis saluting the German Fleet at Kiel, Germany, September 1926
NARA, College Park, Maryland |
Sean Hert |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) In drydock at Kiel, Germany, circa 1926-1927,
while she was serving as flagship for Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Europe.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46206.
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Arrives at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C.,
with Charles A. Lindbergh on board, upon his return from Europe to the
United States after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11 June 1927.
The stern of USS
Mayflower (PY 1) is at right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46210.
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Charles A. Lindbergh - Prepares to disembark from USS Memphis (CL
13) at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., upon his return from Europe
to the United States after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11
June 1927. Officer standing behind him, to right, is the ship's Commanding
Officer, Captain Henry E. Lackey. Behind Capt. Lackey is Commander Eugene
E. Wilson, of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 48168.
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USNHC |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Photographed circa the later 1920s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46210.
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USNHC |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) moored at an unknown location on 11 April 1927.
Library of Congress, Photo #LC-B2-3019-3 |
Mike Green |
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Starboard bow view dated 1929. U.S. Navy photo. |
Stan Cochran |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Catapults an O2U "Corsair" floatplane, during
fleet maneuvers on 10 May 1933.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-455864.
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National Archives |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Underway off New York City during the Fleet
Review, 31 May 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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USN |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) In San Diego harbor, California, 10 January
1935. Photographed from USS
Dobbin (AD 3). Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64627.
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Port quarter view, circa 1939, location unknown. |
Jonathan Eno |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) View on deck, looking aft from the bow while
the ship was underway in the South Atlantic, circa 1941-1942. Note 6"/53
guns in her forward turret and casemate mountings, 3"/50 anti-aircraft
gun behind the turret, rangefinders and other fire control equipment
on the foremast. The cylinders atop the turret provide compressed air and water to the guns. Crewmen are wearing the short "Whites" popular in the
tropics.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-10535.
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National Archives |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation
aircraft hooks onto the recovery mat, in preparation for being hoisted
on board, circa early 1942. Note flags marking the mat's front edges,
and men watching from the whaleboat in the lower right.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-21927.
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National Archives |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation
aircraft is lowered onto the cruiser's starboard catapult, after recovery,
circa early 1942. Note crewmen wearing tropical white uniforms, searchlights
alongside smokestacks, 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns in front of the catapult
and .50 caliber machine guns behind it.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-21925.
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National Archives |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Off New York City, 2 November 1942, with
a barge and harbor tug alongside.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-38615.
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National Archives |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) Off New York City, 2 November 1942, with
a barge and harbor tug alongside.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National
Archives #19-N-38614.
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National Archives |
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An OS2U Kingfisher floatplane preparing for launch.
From the collection of PhoM1c Owen Nance. |
Curt Nance |
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Moored somewhere in the Mediterranean, 19 August 1945.
From the collection of PhoM1c Owen Nance. |
Curt Nance |
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USS Memphis (CL 13) with unidentified RFA (Royal
Fleet Auxiliary) tug alongside in Valletta Harbour, Malta, in October 1945 |
Robert Hurst |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Lackey, Henry Ellis, CAPT |
RADM |
02/04/1925 - |
| Pope, Ralph Elto, CAPT |
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06/28/1927 - 06/29/1929 |
| Meyers, George Julian, CAPT |
RADM |
06/29/1929 |
| Ogan, Joseph Vance, CAPT |
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05/20/1931 |
| Pence, Harry Langley, CAPT |
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10/10/1932 |
| Lassing, Walter Hamilton, CAPT |
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06/25/1934 |
| London, John Jackson, CAPT |
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07/1934 - 07/1935 |
| Kauffman, James Lawrence, CAPT |
VADM |
06/01/1936 |
| Reifsnider, Lawrence Fairfax, CAPT |
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01/02/1938 - 12/10/1938 |
| Manahan, Stewart Allan, CAPT |
COMO |
12/10/1938 - 05/10/1940 |
| Parrish, Charles Jefferson, CAPT |
COMO |
06/27/1940 - 12/15/1941 |
| Braine Jr., Clinton Elgin, CAPT |
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12/15/1941 - 09/21/1942 |
| McCown, Henry Young, CAPT |
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09/30/1942 - 08/16/1943 |
| Hungerford, Ralph Waldo, CAPT |
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08/18/1943 - 08/05/1944 |
| Grisham, Charles Frederick, CAPT |
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08/05/1944 |
| Kneeland, Omer Archibald, CAPT |
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08/29/1945 - 12/17/1945 |
