Wow!! Thanks for sharing!! Some really great shots of heavy cruisers, Minneapolis CA36 and New Orleans CA32. Minneapolis and New orleans were heavily damaged at the Battle of Tassafaronga, New Oleans losing her bow to topedoes between #1 & #2 turret, Minneapolis taking 2 torpedoes and surviving. This film is after those ships being repaired, likely late 1943 or 1944. Great video, thanks for sharing!
Yep, all three cruisers were veterans of the Guadalcanal campaign, with San Francisco being famous for the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (Nov. 13) and Cape Esperance. The footage was filmed in January 1944, so your guess was correct.
That is the classic WWII double stack USN destroyer look...Handsome ships, with their low freeboard and deck-load of weaponry; they reflected the desperate times when ordnance on target was the order of the day......
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Wow!! Thanks for sharing!!
Some really great shots of heavy cruisers, Minneapolis CA36 and New Orleans CA32.
Minneapolis and New orleans were heavily damaged at the Battle of Tassafaronga, New Oleans losing her bow to topedoes between #1 & #2 turret, Minneapolis taking 2 torpedoes and surviving.
This film is after those ships being repaired, likely late 1943 or 1944.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Yep, all three cruisers were veterans of the Guadalcanal campaign, with San Francisco being famous for the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (Nov. 13) and Cape Esperance.
The footage was filmed in January 1944, so your guess was correct.
Great video, thanks
Glad you found it interesting.
That is the classic WWII double stack USN destroyer look...Handsome ships, with their low freeboard and deck-load of weaponry; they reflected the desperate times when ordnance on target was the order of the day......
Although naval guns have given way to missiles, launches from a VLS will never look as cool as a full broadside from a WWII destroyer.