The Guided Missile Cruiser in the background at Subic Bay looks like the USS Chicago/Columbus/Albany.View attachment 292767Destroyers and USS Dixie by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
US Naval Station Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines...Destroyers and tender Oct 1974. from left to right is USS Dixie AD-14, USS Robison DDG-12, USS Waddell DDG-24, USS Davidson FF-1045 and USS Hepburn FF-1055. In the distance is the USS Constellation CVA-64 and just aft looks like a Guided Missile Cruiser of some type. Offical Photograph US Navy, taken by PH2 Sena
View attachment 292768USS Everett F Lawson DD-830 by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
Photo of USS Everett F Larson DD-830/DDR-830, a Gearing class Destroyer taken from the port bridge wing of unknown destroyer. The Lawson was built as a destroyer in 1945, reclassified as DDR-830 in March of 1949 and reclassified again DD-830 after FRAM upgrades in 1963. Photo undated ( before FRAM upgrade in Jan of 1963 ) and unaccredited. Official US Navy Photograph
View attachment 292769Shooting off into Flight by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
"An excellent photograph showing the manner in which airships are catapulted from Uncles Sam's warships." Whats appears to be a Curtiss N-9 Float plane leaves the catapult rail on a navy war ship. Universal Newsreel Photo 3 Dec, 1929
View attachment 292770USS New Hampshire Battleship # 25 1911 by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
This photo was credited as taken by Charles Curtis of the World Tribune, of a unnamed Connecticut class battleship on the west side of Manhattan on the Hudson River, but appears to match the USS New Hampshire, a 16,000-ton Connecticut class battleship built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in March 1908.
View attachment 292771USS South Dakota 1943 Stern View by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
Official USN photo # 5876 (43) , taken 20 Aug of 1943, showing USS South Dakota at Norfolk Navy Yard. This was taken after a second refit and update that Included replacing the SC-2 Search Radar antenna with a larger SK antenna ( for better range and accuracy ) on her foremast.
View attachment 292772USS Arizona sea trial 1916 by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
Aerial view of USS ARIZONA on the east river in New York city near the Brooklyn bridge after departing New York Naval Yard on her way to sea trials in 1916. note the pine trees mounted on top of each mast
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Bow View of USS Rhode Island 1909 by Harley Flowers, on Flickr
A Bow on view of the USS Rhode Island BB-17 dated 8 July 1909, taken at Navy Yard New York.
National Archives, from the American Unofficial collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918
Those were really interesting conversions to CG. USS Chicago's anchor is now on display at Navy Pier in Chicago.The ship behind Constellation has to be Chicago. Albany & Columbus were east coast ships when this photo was taken.
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1945 image of USS Chicago CA-136, fully complemented with spotter planes. Photo caption reads:
USS CA136
Surface view, "Bow"
Navy Yard, Phila., Pa.
May 7, 1945
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The USS Chicago (CA 136) is seen at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) being prepared for her conversion to a guided missile cruiser. This conversion started 1 July 1959 and the Chicago was re-commissioned on 2 May 1964 at the same yard. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964.
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Underway in 1965, location unknown. Official USN photo.
View attachment 292919USS Chicago by Paul E Wieloszynski, on Flickr
USS Chicago in North Tonkin Gulf date unknown.
View attachment 292920San Diego CA - North Island Carrier Pier - USS CHICAGO (CG 11) (left) outboard USS TRUXTUN (CGN 35) by Old Salt, on Flickr
Picture taken sometime between January and April, 1977.
View attachment 292921USS Chicago CG11 by Charly J. B.B., on Flickr
USS Chicago in Yokosuka Japan. date unknown.
View attachment 292922This was here previously as a flatbed scan by Karen Harrison, on Flickr
USS Chicago at NAS North Island. USS Constellation in the back ground. Date Unknown.
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