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0404427
Will Find if Law Was Violated in Award to Bethlehem Company.
Controller General J. R. McCarl will investigate the Navy Department's award of the building of the heavy cruiser U. S. S. Vincennes, to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., it was learned today, to determine if the law has been violated, as charged by N. P. Alifas, president of District No. 44. International Association of Machinists, whichembraces those employed in Government yards.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 14 September 1933, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404425
Vincennes, Ind., and the daughter of its Mayor, Joseph W. Kimmell, will share honors when, on a date tentatively set for April 22, Virginia Kimmell (above), will launch the new 10,000-ton scout cruiser Vincennes, at Quincy, Mass. Once before the Indianacity received a similar distinction; the first Vincennes, a speedy war sloop launched in 1826, later took part in the Antarctic expedition of 1838-42, and in the Civil War.
Photo from The Indianapolis Times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 05 March 1936, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404424
Mayor Joseph W. Kimmel of Vincennes repays Will H. Smith, internal revenue collector, for his care of the case of champagne sent Mr. Kimmel by the Mayor of Vincennes, France, by presenting him with a bottle. Part of the champagne is to be used to christen the new cruiser USS Vincennes (CA 44) at Mass., 21 May.
Photo from The Indianapolis Times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 24 April 1936, Final Home Edition, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
On that spring day, a delegation from the city was in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation to witness the christening of the USS Vincennes (CA 44) the second ship to carry the citys name. Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, daughter of Mayor Joseph Kimmell, had the honor of breaking a bottle of champagne from Vincennes, France, over the ships bow, sending it down the way.
0404436
A magnum of champagne from Vincennes France, dashed against the bow of the sleek ship on the ways at Quincy, Mass., signalized launching of the new 10,000-ton cruiser named for Vincennes, Ind. Harriet Virginia Kimmel, daughter of Vincennes mayor, ispictured in inset about to christen the warship.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. [volume] (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 03 June 1936, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404417
The actual launching of the new United States cruiser Vincennes, at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation in Quincy, Mass., is pictured above. The 10,000-ton vessel was christened by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell, daughter of the mayor of Vincennes, Ind.
Photo from White Bluffs Spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 18 June 1936, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
USS Vincennes (CA 44) Making 10.74 knots during trials off Rockland, Maine, 12 January 1937. Photographed while the ship was running south, at 12:58 PM.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-17183
USS Vincennes (CA 44) Underway at 22.03 knots while on trials off Rockland, Maine, 12 January 1937. The photograph was taken while the ship was running south at 3:47 PM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50844
USS Vincennes (CA 44) Steaming at high speed, circa February 1937. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1984.
Photo NH 95303 courtesy of history.navy.mil
0404426
In impresive ceremonies at Charlestown nary yard, Boston, where itnewest cruiser, the Vincennes, named for Indiana's important city, was officially accepted as one of the nation's defender's....
Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardl (left) congratulated Captain Burton H. Green on becoming commander of the Vincennes at commissioning ceremonies in Boston.
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 27 February 1937, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
USS Vincennes (CA 44) at Portsmouth, England, in June 1937. The ship in the left distance is the catapult trial's ship HMS Pegasus (ex-HMS Ark Royal).
0404419
BOARD TELLS OF DAMAGE TO SHIP AT DOCK
Other Serious Cases Are Recalled
Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 13 October 1937, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
USS Vincennes (CA 44) Passing through the Panama Canal on 6 January 1938, while en route to join the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific. Note crewmen on her deck, watching the airplane from which the photograph was taken.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50845
0404434
This new 10,000 cruiser, USS Vincennes, is shown in Los Angeles harbor as she prepared to sail for maneuvers off the coast of Southern California with the Pacific Fleet. The Vincennes, recently accepted by the Navy, is one of the most powerful ships of its type in the world and was built under naval limitation treaties. According to observers, battlecraft of this type ran prove more disastrous to an enemy than huge 35,000-ton battleships.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 19 February 1938, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
USS Vincennes (CA 44) At Pearl Harbor, circa 26-28 May 1942, prior to departing to take part in the Battle of Midway. A Curtiss SOC floatplane is in the left foreground.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-66128
USS Yorktown (CV 5), in the distant left center, being abandoned after suffering torpedo damage, 4 June 1942. A destroyer is standing by off the listing carrier's stern, and USS Vincennes (CA 44) is steaming by in the middle distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-21664).
USS Vincennes (CA 44) underway during tactical exercises in Hawaiian waters, 8 July 1942.
National Archives photo - 80-G-10116 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Starboard bow view USS Vincennes (CA 44) underway, in Measure 12 (mod) camouflage scheme, near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands shortly before the landings there. The ship was sunk on 8 August during night battle action off Savo Island.
Australian War Memorial, Photo #P02497.046
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA 39) photographed from a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Savo Island, off Guadalcanal, 9 August 1942. Quincy, seen here burning and illuminated by Japanese searchlights, was sunk in this action.The flames at the far left of the picture are probably from the USS Vincennes (CA 44), also on fire from gunfire and torpedo damage.
Photo NH-50346 courtesy of history.navy.mil
Battle diagram showing ship movement during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29.
Outboard profile of USS Vincennes (CA-44) showing gunfire and torpedo hits during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29.
0404428
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 13 October 1942, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404435
Blown Off Ship Saving Injured
Photo from Detroit Evening Times.(Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 14 March 1943, FINAL, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404430
FIRST AID IN WATER
There are stories of men like F. A. Moody, Pharmacists Mate aboard the cruiser Vincennes the night she was sunk during the Marine landing operations atGuadalcanal. He herded a group of seamen, many of whom were wounded, to the stern of the rapidly sinking ship and got them over the side. Then he went in after them and in total darkness managed to give them first aid as they bobbed about in the water.....
Photo from The Daily Monitor Leader.[volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 01 April 1943, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404432
Photo from The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 22 April 1943, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404433
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 23 December 1943, Image 25, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0404431
Wounded Doctor Treats Others
Is Barely Able to Save Self
Photo from Detroit Evening Times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 04 February 1944, 8 STAR, SECOND SECTION, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Text i.d. via Keith Bender.