USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned...
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during World War I USS Newport News (CA-148), was a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser in service from 1948 to 1978 USS Newport News (SSN-750), is a Los...
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Des Moines-class cruiser (redirect from USS Dallas (CA-150))
Moines-class cruisers were decommissioned by 1961 but the Newport News (CA-148), served until 1975. USS Salem is a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts; the...
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heavy cruisers: Des Moines, Salem, Newport News Mk 16 guns in three 450-ton triple turrets 1 ex-Forrest Sherman-class: USS Hull (DD-945) Mk 16 gun in one...
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United States East Coast on 3 May 1950 and, on 17 May, relieved Newport News (CA-148) as flagship of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. During this,...
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he reported as Operations Officer of the USS Newport News (CA-148), and in 1955 he assumed command of the USS Wren (DD-568). Two years later, he reported...
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group of cruisers composed of USS Canberra (CAG-2), USS Newport News (CA-148), three guided-missile destroyers including USS Lawrence, and twelve escorts...
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and Heritage Command. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019. USS Newport News (CA-148) at HistoryCentral.com Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991)...
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the 1967 USS Liberty incident USS Scorpion (SSN-589), lost with all hands in 1968 USS Newport News (CA-148), for crew lost in a 1972 misfire USS Nimitz (CVN-68)...
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one-year tour of sea duty with the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Newport News (CA-148). In July 1968, he was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam....
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