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Northampton Class
World Naval Ships US Navy Cruisers Northampton Class |
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Northampton
Class. Heavy Cruisers
The Northampton class cruisers were improved variation on the Pensacola class. Displacement: 9,050 tons, Speed: 32.7 knots, Crew 1100. Armament: Nine 8-inch Guns, Eight 5 - inch AA Guns and Three aircraft. USS Northampton. was built at Bethlehem (Quincy) and launched 5th September 1929. Completed May 1930.During World War Two, USS Northampton served at Midway, Santa Cruz, Battle for Guadalcanal, Tassafaronga, and during the early stages of the Pacific Raids, until being sunk on the 1st December 1942.
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USS Northampton (CA26) | 5th September 1929 | Sunk on 1st December 1942. | |
USS Chester (CA27) | 3rd July 1927 | Sold for Salvage in November 1959. | |
USS Louisville (CA28) | 1st September 1930 | Sold for salvage in 1960. | |
USS Chicago (CA29) | 10th April 1930 | Sunk on 30th January 1942. | |
USS Houston (CA30) | 7th September 1929 | Sunk on 1st March 1942. | |
USS Augusta (CA31) | 1st February 1930 | Sold for scrap in April1 960. | |
USS Chester displacement was slightly heavier by 150 tons to the rest of the class. USS Chester . Built at New York and launched 3rd July 1929 completed June 1930. During world war two, she served 1942 - 1945 in the Corel Sea, Gilbert Islands, Kwajalein, Iow , Okinawa, and the Pacific raids but on the 1st December 1942 she was torpedoed by Japanese Submarine I-176. served for many years after the war and finally scrapped at Panama City November 1959 |
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USS Chester. |
USS Chester |
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CA27 USS Chester, Mare Island, California, 6th August 1942. Order Code CA27 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here |
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USS Chicago was built at Mare Island navy yard and launched 10th April 1930. she was built as a flagship which meant more accommodation being built of the forecastle. and was completed March 1931. USS Chicago was escorting the Carrier USS Lexington ferrying aircraft to Midway Island on 7th December 1941. and so escaping for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In February 1942 she joined the combined naval force of Of Australian new Zealand and American naval warships operating in the South West Pacific and was present during the battle of the Coral Sea. In June the squadron became the Task Force 44 under the overall command of Rear-Admiral Crutchley RN. and in August was assigned to Task Force 18 escorting supply convoys to Guadalcanal-Tulagi and at Savo Island she was damaged in a torpedo attack by Japanese aircraft and during a second attack the next day she was sunk.
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USS Chicago. |
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USS Houston was built at Mare navy yard and launched 10th April 1930. she was built as a flagship which meant more accommodation being built of the forecastle and completed June 1930. She served during the war Far East 1942. |
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USS Houston Sent in by Brandy Yates |
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USS Augusta was built at Newport News and launched 1st February 1930. she was built as a flagship which meant more accommodation being built of the forecastle and completed January 1931. During world War two is served first in the Atlantic. In November 1942 She served with the Allied western Task Force during Operation Torch covering troop landing in Morocco and the Allied Invasion of North Africa,. In July 1943 along with the USS Alabama and USS South Dakota along with RN ships took part in a fake operation against the coast of Norway, to misle3d the Germans away for the actual planned landings in Sicily. In June 1944 as the flagship of Admiral Kirk commanding the Western task Force during the Allied landings at Normandy. In August USS Augusta Provided support for the 1st Special force on the Island of Levante on the Mediterranean coast of Southern France. She remained in service after the end of the war and finally broken up Kearny April 1960 |
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CA31 USS Augusta, 31st March 1941, Mare Island California Order Code CA31 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here |
USS Augusta, July 1945. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5070 |
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