Cruisers

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USS RENO and USS ZUNI - salvage and repair operations off Formosa, November 1944.
The port side of the USS Saint Louis (CL 49) showning her damaged bow in July 1943 at Espirito Santo.
USS Alaska (CB-1). Ordered: 9 September 1940. Builder: New York Shipbuilding Co. Laid down: 17 December 1941. Launched: 15 August 1943. Commissioned: 17 June 1944. Decommissioned: 17 February 1947. Struck: 1 June 1960. Fate: Scrapped in 1960. Class & type: Alaska-class large cruiser. Displacement: 34,253 tons. #10A (B&W)
USS Hawaii CB3 Large Cruiser - Destination's Journey
USS Hawaii CB3 Large Cruiser - Destination's Journey
Portland-class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, CA on July 10, 1945...20 days before her sinking by IJN sub I-58, July 30. (livedoor.jp) 05.20 (Beautiful Color Picture)
USS Chester (CA-27) at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA on May 16, 1945, towards the end of a refit that followed her service at Iwo Jima. (historyofwar.org) 04.2021