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Photo caption "(BX1) Quincy, Mass., June 9-New Heavy Cruiser- The USS Oregon City was launched today at the Quincy Shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Co. The new Heavy Cruiser is here shown as it hit the water. Sponsor of the ship was Mrs. Raymond P. Caufield, of Oregon City , Oregon. (AP Wirephoto)(DG71235Fox) '45" |
Chadd Smith |
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Sea trials prior to commissioning. Note the builder's flag
flying form the main mast. |
David Buell |
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As completed. |
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As completed. |
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Aerial view, date and location unknown but probably builder's trials
or soon after commissioning due to condition of hull.
U.S. Navy photo, BUAer #195512.
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David Buell |
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Captain's inspection on the cruiser's after deck, 1946. Note catapult
training gear in the foreground, and ship's after triple 8"/55
gun turret.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 99075
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Bill Gonyo |
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Underway approximately ten miles northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts,
on 17 June 1946. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point,
Rhode Island.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-262557.
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Bill Gonyo |
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USS Oregon City (CA 122) Underway approximately ten miles northeast
of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 17 June 1946. Photographed from an
aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives #80-G-262557.
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National Archives |
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Oregon City (CA 122) tows the light aircraft carrier USS Saipan (CVL 48) during a towing exercise in the Caribbean Sea, April 1947.
U.S. Navy photo from the Saipan 1946–1947 Cruise Book. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Oregon City (CA 122) Laid up as part of the Atlantic Reserve
Fleet, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, 1959. The original
photograph is dated 8 September 1959.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 99073.
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USNHC |
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Oregon City (left) and Macon
(right) during the winter of 1972 or the very early spring of 1973 at
the Philadelphia Naval ship yard. |
Jim Cunliffe |
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Macon
(left) and Oregon City (right) during the winter of 1972 or the
very early spring of 1973 at the Philadelphia Naval ship yard. |
Jim Cunliffe |
