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USS LOS ANGELES (CA 135)

Image courtesy of Al Grazevich


       

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Tango - Mike - Golf
Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - ROUGH RIDER



Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

CLASS - BALTIMORE
Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Ordered 07 AUG 1942
Keel laid on 28 JUL 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa
Launched 20 AUG 1944
Commissioned 22 JUL 1945
Decommissioned 09 APR 1948
Recommissioned 27 JAN 1951
Decommissioned 15 NOV 1963
Stricken 01 JAN 1974
Fate: Sold for scrap to Terminal Island's National Metal and Steel Corp. on 16 MAY 1975 for $1,036,089


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy China Service Medal (2)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory - World War II Occupation Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Republic of Korea Presedential Unit Citation - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal



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By And/Or Copyright
Los Angeles
0413558
307k War Bonds Poster by Arthur Beaumont, 1943. Tommy Trampp
Los Angeles
0413564
173k

Two Baltimore class cruisers USS Los Angeles (CA 135) (background) and USS Chicago (CA 136) on 21 August 1944 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, afloat one day after they were launched in the dry dock that they were built.

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection

Mike Green
Los Angeles
0413521
286k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) commissioning ceremony, 22 July 1945.

Associated Press wirephoto

David Buell
Los Angeles
0413566
81k Commissioning ceremony; Captain Snackenberg (center) and ship's sponsor, Mrs. Fletcher Bowron to his left. USN
Los Angeles 103k As completed, Undated. USN
Los Angeles
0413519
291k Starboard side view while underway, date and location unknown. Note the Regulus configuration on the fantail. This places the photo in the timeframe of late 1954 to decom. David Buell
Los Angeles
0413541
186k Port side view while moored at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, date unknown. Ron Reeves
Los Angeles
0413556
502k USN photo taken on Navy Day, 27 October 1945, right after the end of WWII, Location is Berths 177-178, San Pedro Docks, Los Angeles Harbor. Note the civilians touring the decks. The aircraft loaded on the port catapult is a Curtiss SC-1, one of four assigned to the Los Angeles from Squadron V, Cruiser Squadron 21. Aircraft identification by William "Bill" Larkins. Jim Geldert, USNI
Los Angeles
0413568
158k Shanghai, China, early April 1946. Anthony Lopez
Los Angeles 89k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) "The first phase of reactivation work began today (Tuesday, December 5) aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Today, Yard workmen removed the ship's gun covers and prepared for all-out reactivation. When the ship is re-commissioned, probably during mid-January 1951, special ceremonies will be held and it is hoped by local Navy officials that the Honorable Fletcher Bowrow, Mayor of Los Angeles, will be present." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released on 5 December 1950. The ship recommissioned on 27 January 1951, following reactivation work at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, where this photograph was taken.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97390.

USNHC
Los Angeles 136k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) Photographed 21 March 1951 by PH1c Cooper. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93207.

USNHC
Los Angeles 88k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) Fires a 5"/38 gun during a bombardment of Wonsan harbor, Korea, circa mid-1951. Note smoke ring, a feature frequently seen when firing 5"/38 guns. Some of the cruiser's 40mm guns are in the foreground.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97393.

USNHC
Chemung
091903031
161k USS Chemung (AO 30) refueling USS Los Angeles (CA 135), summer 1951 in the vicinity of Japan/Korea.
Photos by George Hatchett, LTjg. USNR
Steve Hatchett
Chemung
091903032
242k
Chemung
091903033
189k
Los Angeles 53k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) Fires her forward 8-inch guns during a night bombardment of the North Korean coast. Photograph is dated 8 June 1951.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-437667.

Scott Dyben/National Archives
Los Angeles
0413559
177k

On board USS Los Angeles (CA 135) after a Sikorski H03S-1 Helicopter crashed while landing on the ship with Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Commander Cruiser Division Five, and Lieutenant General James A. Van Fleet, Commanding General, Eighth Army, aboard, circa June-July 1951. No one was injured in the accident. Donation of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Retired), 1969.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 66526.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Los Angeles
0413565
152k

On board USS Los Angeles (CA 135) after a Sikorski H03S-1 Helicopter crashed while landing on the ship with Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Commander Cruiser Division Five, and Lieutenant General James A. Van Fleet, Commanding General, Eighth Army, aboard, circa June-July 1951.

The story behind Admiral Burke (as written by Admiral Burke) and the helicopter crash:

Dear Judge: (RAdm. Eller's old Naval Academy nickname was "Judge")

You asked for a description of the helicopter crash on the stern of the USS LOS ANGELES in 1951 to put on the back of your print.

At that time I was Commander Cruiser Division Five which consisted of the LOS ANGELES and a couple of destroyers. We were operating off the East coast of Korea primarily as artillery support for the First ROK Corps who were fighting their way north toward Wonsan. The Corps was commanded by General Paik Sun Yup. I think he was a Major General at the time. We had other duties too, such as keeping North Korean shipping clear of the area and bombarding targets of opportunity.

On this particular morning General Van Fleet was visiting the First Corps Headquarters, and I had gone over in my helicopter to attend the First Corps' briefing. I was the last briefer and briefed as the artillery commander of the First ROK Corps. They didn't have any other artillery but us.

When the briefing was over General Van Fleet and I were going to fly the line of combat to determine the enemy positions and the usual things that one looks for on such a mission. I knew of General Van Fleet's great liking for ice cream, and of course there wasn't any on the beach, so I asked him if he would first like to come aboard LOS ANGELES for a good dish of ice cream.

He would.

The helicopter pilot was the AP. When he started to land in LOS ANGELES he must have become excited by having so much rank in the helicopter and approached the side of the ship too low. Of course the variation in air pressure when the helicopter got over the edge of the ship twisted the helicopter backwards and over on its side, and she crashed real good. The helicopter was dangling on the life net trying to make up its mind whether it wanted to fall overboard or not. Of course there was gasoline all over everything. The crew in the ship pulled it aboard. This took about one minute, I guess. General Van Fleet was on the right side of the helicopter and I was on the left side on the bottom. General Van Fleet asked immediately after we crashed, "What do we do now?" I told him to kick the damned window out on his side and not step on my groin anymore. He crawled out first, or course, and then I followed him.

When we got on deck I didn't know what to say or how to apologize, so I asked him what he wanted on his ice cream. He said "pineapple," and then thoughtfully added that the AP must be shook up a bit and wouldn't it be a good idea for him to have some ice cream too, which he did.

Since that was the only helicopter we had, the next question was how to get General Van Fleet back on the beach. We sent a radio to the First ROK Corps headquarters and asked that he be met with a jeep on a certain part of the beach.

I went in with him in the motor whale boat. On the way in I asked the coxswain how much experience he had had landing through a surf. He said he had been ordered as coxswain of the boat about a week before and had never been through a surf. I then asked the boat officer, an Ensign, if he had had any experience in landing through surf. He said no, he was assigned as boat officer because he was junior officer of the deck. The bow hook and the engineer had equal experience.

I then told General Van Fleet that he was going to be the first General of the Army in a long time to be landed through a surf with a Rear Admiral as coxswain. I then took my position as coxswain. The surf was pretty high, but we made it all right without incident. After I had landed General Van Fleet I waited and waited and waited until he got out of sight in his jeep before I tried to bring that boat out through the surf again, because I wasn't so sure I could do it. However, it worked out all right.

I have just returned from Europe and am about to take off for the Far East. I'll be back near the end of April.

With warmest regards,

Sincerely yours,

//S// Arleigh
ARLEIGH BURKE

Tommy Trampp
Los Angeles 122k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) Operating off Korea with Task Force 77, August 1951.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97387.

USNHC
Los Angeles
0413542
127k

Looking forward: port quad 40mm mounts, 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413543
144k

Looking aft: mount 56 & turret 3, 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413545
134k

Officers' boat, Yokosuka, September 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413546
122k

Gunners Mates, Yokosuka, September 1951.

Back, l-r: Riffin, Squires, Chief Koehler, Holland, Young; Front, l-r: Link, Basinett

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413547
113k

Captain's Gig and Gunners Mates, September 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

L-R: Young, Taylor, Link, Squires, Basinett, Holland

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413548
100k

Chief Kohler and Gunners Mates, l-r: Squires, Basinett, Holland, Yokosuka, September 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413550
102k

Helicopter landing on fantail, Korea, 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles 94k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) Firing her forward 8-inch guns on enemy targets at Wonsan, North Korea. Photograph is dated 15 October 1951. Note ship's hull number ("135") painted atop turret # 2.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-434530.

Scott Dyben/National Archives
Los Angeles
0413544
108k

Yokosuka, October 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
023139
151k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) and USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31) moored at Yokosuka, Japan, October 1951.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413549
684k

6th division, Yokosuka, Japan, November 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.

Photo by N.A. "Stretch" Brown, Gunners Mate 3rd Class aboard Los Angeles.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson
Los Angeles
0413515
234k

Change of Command ceremonies aboard USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at Mare Island on 9 January 1952.

U.S. Navy Photo #11517-1-52

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413555
995k

Capt. Benjamin F. Tompkins left assumes command of the USS Los Angeles at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Capt. Tompkins succeeded Capt. R. N. McFarlane. Seated at the ceremonies are left to right Capt. McFarlane; RADM B. E. Manseau (Shipyard Commander); RADM Leon S. Fiske (Mare Island Area Commander), Capt. Alexander McDill (CO USS Juneau); Judy Kinney (niece of Capt. Tompkins); Mrs. Tompkins and Karen Kinney; Judy's twin sister. Seated immediately in the rear of Mrs. Tompkins is Mrs. W. A. Kinney, mother of the nine year old twins.

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413514
186k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) berthed at Mare Island on 5 January 1952. She was under repair at the yard from 3 January to 28 April 1952.

U.S. Navy Photo #11454-1-52

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413551
1.8m USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at the south end of the Mare Island conducting steaming test on 10 April 1952. Darryl Baker
Los Angeles 94k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) "Returns to the Korean theater for its second tour of combat duty with UN Naval Forces". Text quoted from the original picture caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East under date of 13 October 1952. Note that the ship's Jack and National Ensign are flying at half-mast.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97386.

USNHC
Toledo
0413318
208k An aerial view of Yokosuka sometime between 1954 and 1955. Ships pictured from front are: USS Princeton (CVS 37), USS Toledo (CA 133), USS Los Angeles (CA 135), USS Rochester (CA 124), and USS Helena (CA 75). This was about 1/4 of the active Cruisers for that period. BMCS Richard Miller USN (Ret.)
Los Angeles
0413552
1m

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at Mare Island 20 July 1954.

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles 65k Port side view from above, 1955. Richard Leonhardt
Los Angeles
0413561
122k Port bow view while moored in an unknown location in 1956. Note the Regulus Missile on the fantail launcher. BMCS Richard Miller USN (Ret.)
Los Angeles
0413553
949k

Bow view of USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at Mare Island 5 March 1957.

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413516
232k

USS Los Angeles enters dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 22 March 1957. She was under repair at the yard from 3 March to 25 June 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #33578-3-57

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413517
304k

The dry dock caisson is being reposition after USS Los Angeles entered dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 22 March 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #33580-3-57

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413518
268k

Change of Command ceremonies aboard USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at Mare Island on 3 May 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #34192-5-57

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413554
966k

View of the change of command of USS Los Angeles (CA 135) on 3 May 1957 at Mare Island.

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413569
789k

Change of Command Principals - Left to right: RADM William V. O'Regan (Commander, Mare Island Navy Yard), Capt. Frederic C. Lucas Jr., Capt Harold Payson Jr. & RADM Frank Fenno (Commander, Cruiser Division FIVE).

Darryl Baker
Los Angeles
0413513
1469k

Starboard bow view while entering San Francisco Bay, 11 June 1957.

Photo taken by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.

Robert M. Cieri/
Darryl Baker
Los Angeles 94k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) "West Coast Cruisers Capable of Nuclear Assault -- A Regulus I boils white smoke from booster charges as it roars away from its launcher aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles off San Diego. The launch, a routine evaluation 'shoot', was conducted during the time that 600 members of the Institute of Aeronautical Science were embarked aboard the attack carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14), right. The demonstration, which included a 'Terrier' guided missile interception of the Regulus, power exhibition, carrier operations, and a HUK exercise, was highlighted by the Regulus launching. The Terrier was fired at the Regulus from the USS Norton Sound (AVM 1), background, on August 7." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released by Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 9 August 1957.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97391.

USNHC
Los Angeles
0413562
5.5m Nice large starboard side view, probably Sydney, Australia, 22 September 1957. David Upton
Los Angeles
0413567
179k From back to front; USS Los Angeles (CA 135), HMAS Tobruk (D37), HMAS Anzac (D59), USS Rochester (CA 124), HMS Newfoundland (C59), HMNZS Royalist (C89) moored in Yokosuka,Japan, October 1957. Yu Chu
Los Angeles
0413557
396k Mooring at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, 1959. BMCS Richard Miller, USNR (Ret.)
Los Angeles 97k

USS Los Angeles (CA 135) "Officers and men of USS Los Angeles honor U.S. dead at Midway" (quoted from the original photo's caption). Photo was presumably taken off the Midway Islands. The original print bears a stamped date of 27 April 1959.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97388.

USNHC
Los Angeles 31k Nice stern view of the Captain's Gig. You can see the ship's patch on the engine cover. Jerry Guerich
Los Angeles
0413520
141k USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at anchor at San Francisco, 3 March 1961. This photograph was provided by the Navy to the San Fransisco Call Bulletin newspaper. BMCS Richard Miller, USNR (Ret.)
Los Angeles
04135p01
567k A painting of USS Los Angeles (CA 135) at anchor at twilight in Hong Kong Harbor 1962. The title of the piece is "China Moon" by artist Wayne Scarpaci. Wayne Scarpaci
Los Angeles
0413522
98k

Port bow view while being scrapped. Note the superstructure has already been removed and the barrels of the two forward turrets cut short prior to removal.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413523
175k

What's left of one of the 8"/55 rapid-fire guns after being removed from the turret. Note the breech is open.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413524
173k

The stern of the Ex-Los Angeles. The main deck has already been removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413525
159k

Looking aft with the main deck removed. Note the barbette for turret number 3 in the center of the picture.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413526
185k

Looking aft from port side midships. The remains of the after stack are on the left edge of the photo.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413527
172k

Looking forward from the area of where turret number 3 was.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413528
119k

Looking forward from the port side of turret number 2.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413529
105k

Starboard bow view.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413530
172k

The hull, cut almost down to the waterline in the distance.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413531
140k

Looking forward from the starboard signal bridge.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413532
212k

The interior compartments as the decks are cut away.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413534
175k

Miscellaneous machinery.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413535
120k

The hull with most of the bow removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413536
155k

The hull with most of the bow removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413537
147k

The hull with most of the bow removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413539
170kk

The hull with most of the bow removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413533
170k

The bow of the ex-Los Angeles, removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413540
131k

The bow of the ex-Los Angeles, removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413538
136k

The bow of the ex-Los Angeles, removed.

U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: David L. Martineau Papers

Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Los Angeles
0413560a

Los Angeles
0413560b

183k

 

 

189k

Front:

U.S.S. LOS ANGELES
MANNED AND READY

Back:

THIS
FIGHTING SHIP
SPONSORED AND MADE
POSSIBLE BY WAR
BOND PURCHASES
of the
PEOPLE
of
LOS ANGELES

Tommy Trampp
Los Angeles
0413563
2.4m The bow of the ship, which is located at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, California. Farlan Clutters

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Snackenberg, John Arthur, CAPT 1921-A RADM 07/22/45 - 01/31/46
Carter, James Benham, CAPT 1919   01/31/46 - 10/01/46
Voegeli, Clarence Earl., CAPT 1922   10/01/46 - 07/31/47
Solomons, Edward Alva, CAPT 1922 RADM 07/31/47 - 04/01/48
Wilbur, Donald Taylor, CAPT 1931   04/01/48 - 04/09/48
Decommissioned     04/09/48 - 01/27/51
McFarlane, Robert Norton, CAPT 1925   01/27/51 - 01/10/52
Tompkins, Benjamin Francis, CAPT 1926 RADM 01/10/52 - 08/30/52
Daspit, Lawrence Randall, CAPT 1927 RADM 08/30/52 - 07/22/53
Outerbridge, William Woodward, CAPT 1927 RADM 07/22/53 - 01/07/55
Waterhouse, Jacob Wilson, CAPT 1929   01/07/55 - 03/02/56
Lucas Jr., Frederic Colby, CAPT 1930   03/02/56 - 05/03/57
Payson Jr., Harold, CAPT 1931   05/03/57 - 08/20/58
Martineau, David Lewis, CAPT 1933 RADM 08/20/58 - 07/09/59
Combs Jr., Walter Vincent, CAPT 1936 RADM 07/09/59 - 07/16/60
Dornin, Robert Edson (Dreep), CAPT 1935   07/16/60 - 07/15/61
Robinson, Hugh Marston, CAPT 1938   07/15/61 - 08/04/62
Coward III, Asbury, CAPT 1938   08/04/62 - 07/19/63
Klepak, Philip Harold, CDR     07/09/63 - 11/15/63

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS LOS ANGELES (CA 135) History
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS LOS ANGELES Web Site.

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